"Come to me, all you afflicted": health, disease and healing rituals in the charismatic catholic movement of Father Ignácio
This article analyzes the interplay between healing practices and symbolic religious universes in the context of Argentine contemporary Catholicism: the charismatic movement formed around Father Ignacio Peries. The paper points out the broad character of the categories and practices related to healt...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) |
| Repositorio: | Ciencias Sociales y Religión (Online) |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br:article/8669707 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/csr/article/view/8669707 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Catholicism Healing Health Rituals Catolicismo Sanación Salud Rituales Cura Saúde Rituais |
| Sumario: | This article analyzes the interplay between healing practices and symbolic religious universes in the context of Argentine contemporary Catholicism: the charismatic movement formed around Father Ignacio Peries. The paper points out the broad character of the categories and practices related to health and disease, not restricted to biomedicine. It notes that care and attention process include a religious ritual dimension. In doing so, approaches of these issues from social sciences are explored. Secondly, the religious movement under analysis is presented. Finally, the management modalities of the process of health / disease / care and ritual exemplify the participation in play by actors in dealing with health symbolic configurations. |
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