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Health: A Navajo Perspective Dan Cozort, Ph.D. Religious Studies A religious perspective on health suggests that illness may sometimes have causes that are spiritual rather than physical; that the patient him or herself may have brought on the illness by a failure to respect spiritual laws; and that a cure may have to do as much with the patient’s attitudes and faith as with a physician’s treatments. This chapter provides a religious perspective on health using the world view of the Navajos as a case study. |
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Secularizing the Sacred: Complementary & Alternative Medicine Mara Donaldson, Ph.D. Religious Studies This essay examines the increasing interest in alternative health practices (e.g., acupuncture, meditation, and yoga) that have their roots in particular religious traditions. Many of these quasi-religious practices, first popularized in the United States in the 1960s, are now included in secular wellness programs and traditional medical treatment in ways that begin to add caring as a complementary goal of health care, along side the more traditional goal of curing. |
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Yoga Therapy From Cancer Diagnosis Through Survivorship Bonnie Berk, Bonnie Berk,RN, MS, ERYT This chapter gives a brief overview of the history of yoga, a summary of the latest research on the relationship between yoga and health, and discusses how yoga interventions can benefit a wide variety of physical illnesses and increase overall well being. |
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