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HEALTH AND WELL BEING |
Core concern of Indigenous Religion in ZimbabweTabona Shoko In this book, the author contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. In Zimbabwe, outstanding scholars in the social sciences and medicine have contributed to studies on illness and healing in traditional society. However, the dynamic interaction between religion, viewed as a scientific discipline, and healing, as a phenomenon of religious experience, has captured little attention among such scholars. To overcome this deficiency, the book examines perspectives on religion and healing in a specific Shona speaking group called the Karanga from within the academic discipline of the scientific study of religion. The author analyses the traditional Karanga views of the causes of illness and disease, the mechanisms of diagnosis at their disposal, and the methods and resources which the Karanga use to restore health. It also discusses the views of a specific African Independent Church of the Apostolic tradition, called St Elijah, on the causes, diagnosis and therapy of illness and disease. ISBN 1-899025-22-7 £18.95
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