Healing Despite Christianity; Struggles Between Missionary and Traditional Conceptions of Medicine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20063339 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Astrid De Hontheim (Laboratoire d'Anthropologie Sociale, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Pages | 131-144 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Les dynamiques religieuses dans le pacifique (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | pacific-credo Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.4000/books.pacific.133 |
| OpenAlex | W2794823688 |
| ISBN | 9782956398103 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
Historical Basis of Missionary Presence among the Asmat Both Catholic and Protestant missionaries mentioned in this article are American: the Crosier fathers and brothers and TEAM evangelicals. Crosiers, a common name to designate the Regular Canons of the Holy Cross, belong to an order founded by Theodorus de Celles and his four companions in 1210, at the time of the Third Crusade. After almost disappearing in the nineteenth century, a revitalization in the early twentieth century led to the
Christianity · Epistemology · Traditional medicine · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Christian Theology and Mission · History · Medicine · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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