Healing Touch Controversies

Healing touch is one of the gifts of our humanity. It has been used since antiquity in many cultures around the world. Healing touch has frequently been the source of controversy, however. The controversies explored are related to the historical use and abuse of healing touch in the church, the cont...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health
Main Author: Wuthnow, Sara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. [1997]
In: Journal of religion and health
Further subjects:B Energy Field
B Healing Touch
B Therapeutic Touch
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Summary:Healing touch is one of the gifts of our humanity. It has been used since antiquity in many cultures around the world. Healing touch has frequently been the source of controversy, however. The controversies explored are related to the historical use and abuse of healing touch in the church, the controversy surrounding the notion of energy fields, and that surrounding therapeutic touch as a modern healing-touch therapy.
ISSN:1573-6571
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1023/A:1027405007064