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Faith, health, and healing in African American life / edited by Stephanie Y. Mitchem and Emilie M. Townes.

Contributor(s): Mitchem, Stephanie Y, 1950- | Townes, Emilie Maureen, 1955-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion, health, and healing: Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: xx, 207 pages : map ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780275993757 (alk. paper); 0275993752 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Healing -- Religious aspects | African Americans -- Religion | Spiritual healing -- United StatesDDC classification: 201/.66108996073 Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Natural and supernatural : African American Hoodoo narratives of sickness and healing / Yvonne P. Chireau -- Holistic health and healing : environmental racism and ecological justice / Dwight N. Hopkins -- Bodies in time and the healing of spaces : religion, temporalities, and health / Charles H. Long -- Spiritual illness and healing : "if the Lord wills" / Arvilla Payne-Jackson -- The marking of the body, memory, and the meaning of suffering in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata / Carolyn M. Jones -- Just awailing and aweeping : grief, lament, and hope as we face the end of life / Emilie M. Townes -- Honoring the body : rituals of breath and breathing / C. S'thembile West -- The destruction of Aunt Ester's house : faith, health, and healing in the African American community / Terri Baltimore and Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- The unspoken, the spoken, and the affirmed : meanings of healing, same-gender-loving African Americans, and Black churches / Linda L. Barnes -- Seeking help for the body in the well being of the soul / Rosemary D. Gooden -- Too gay for the church, but always at home in the club : health, spirituality, and social support among adult Black gay men in Oakland's Cable Reef / D. Mark Wilson -- Healing hearts and broken bodies: an African Maerican women's spirituality of healing / Stephanie Y. Mitchem.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL65 .M4 F36 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182902350285

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Natural and supernatural : African American Hoodoo narratives of sickness and healing / Yvonne P. Chireau -- Holistic health and healing : environmental racism and ecological justice / Dwight N. Hopkins -- Bodies in time and the healing of spaces : religion, temporalities, and health / Charles H. Long -- Spiritual illness and healing : "if the Lord wills" / Arvilla Payne-Jackson -- The marking of the body, memory, and the meaning of suffering in Phyllis Alesia Perry's Stigmata / Carolyn M. Jones -- Just awailing and aweeping : grief, lament, and hope as we face the end of life / Emilie M. Townes -- Honoring the body : rituals of breath and breathing / C. S'thembile West -- The destruction of Aunt Ester's house : faith, health, and healing in the African American community / Terri Baltimore and Mindy Thompson Fullilove -- The unspoken, the spoken, and the affirmed : meanings of healing, same-gender-loving African Americans, and Black churches / Linda L. Barnes -- Seeking help for the body in the well being of the soul / Rosemary D. Gooden -- Too gay for the church, but always at home in the club : health, spirituality, and social support among adult Black gay men in Oakland's Cable Reef / D. Mark Wilson -- Healing hearts and broken bodies: an African Maerican women's spirituality of healing / Stephanie Y. Mitchem.

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