A century of magico-religious healing : the African, Ethiopian case (1900-1980s) / Assefa Balcha Negwo.
Publisher: Trenton, NJ : The Red Sea Press, Inc., [2015]Description: xvi, 254 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781569024188 (pb)
- R651 .N44 2015
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| Current library | Home library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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| Alfaisal University On Shelf | Alfaisal University On Shelf | R651 .N44 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | AU00000000010178 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ethiopian society in the early twentieth century -- Admission of religious students to the healing arts -- Learning church-based medical education -- Church-based healers during the Italian interlude (1935/6-1941) -- Biomedicine, bureaucratic challenges and the quest for alternative therapy in Ethiopia (1941-1974) -- The state of indigenous healing in the post-Italian period (1941-1974) -- The impact of literacy on indigenous medical knowledge -- The impact of the military regime on indigenous healers (1974 to the early 1980s) -- Recapping the past and the future of church-based medicine.