A space to "eat, trance, and sleep": the healing power of Mahanubhav temples in Maharashtra (India)
This paper explores the effectiveness of religious healing by focusing on one important factor that has been much neglected - the stay within the shrine. Drawing on qualitative research in Mahanubhav temples in India, this paper emphasises that the central part of religious healing is the process of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
2015
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Mental health, religion & culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 185-195 |
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Mahanubhav
B Spirit Possession B Trance B healing shrines B Religious Conversion |
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