Practitioners of alternative medicine and spirituality often highlight narratives of healing as evidence for the superiority of their modalities over Western biomedicine. We argue that this form of establishing and defending truth has a long history, and base this analysis on the historical and anthropological study of two periods: the late nineteenth century, when alternative theories about relations of mind, body and spirit flourished against a backdrop of political and religious transformation; and late modernity, when increased self-reflexivity and mistrust of secular institutions such as biomedicine prompted growth in alternative medical systems. Foregrounding the voices of practitioners and ‘clients’, this article outlines how recurring narratives of the healed body position the individual as a person in control of their physical and spiritual journey. In our present time, scrutinizing the healed body as an archive of truth deepens understanding of why denialist beliefs about vaccination and COVID-19 can prove so intractable.
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David Newheiser, Hope in a Secular Age: Deconstruction, Negative Theology, and the Future of FaithCambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 177, ISBN: 9781108498661 (hbk). $156.95 AUD
David Newheiser，《世俗时代的希望：解构、否定神学与信仰的未来》，剑桥大学出版社，2019年，第177页，国际标准图书编号：9781108498661（hbk）$156.95 AUD
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Anna Lutkajtis, The Dark Side of Dharma: Meditation, Madness and Other Maladies on the Contemplative Path, London: Aeon Books, 2021, pp. 182, ISBN: 13-9781913504595 (pbk). £18.99.
Anna Lutkajtis，《佛法的黑暗面：沉思路上的冥想、疯狂和其他弊病》，伦敦：永旺出版社，2021年，第182页，ISBN:13-9781913504595（pbk）。18.99英镑。
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Jan A. Ali, Islam and Muslims in Australia: Settlement, Integration, Shariah, Education and Terrorism, Melbourne: Melbourne University Publishing, 2020, pp. 256, ISBN: 9780522877076 (hbk). $69.99.
Jan A.Ali，《澳大利亚的伊斯兰教与穆斯林：定居、融合、伊斯兰教法、教育与恐怖主义》，墨尔本：墨尔本大学出版社，2020年，第256页，ISBN:9780522877076（hbk）$69.99。
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{"title":"Hans-Günter Heimbrock and Jörg Persch (eds), Eco-Theology: Essays in Honor of Sigurd Bergmann.","authors":"Garth Cant","doi":"10.1558/jasr.20716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.20716","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42963878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Leveraging African Spirituality and Popular Culture betwixt Africa and the African Diaspora","authors":"A. Adogame, R. Amwe","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21027","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41350782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Introduction to the Special Issue on Religion, Spirituality and the New African Diaspora","authors":"V. Counted, Ibrahim Abraham","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47012171","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Religion, Migration and the New African Diaspora: A Psychological Perspective","authors":"M. Neff, R. Cowden, Lisanda Masilela, V. Counted","doi":"10.1558/jasr.21032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.21032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47660064","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Enqi Weng, Anna Halafoff, D. Campbell, W. Abur, G. Bouma, G. Barton
African communities in Australia reflect the rich cultural and religious diversity of the African continent. Despite their persistence and agency, many members from these communities continue to experience a 'fractured belonging' due to persistent issues of racism and exclusion;issues that have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Religious community groups and organizations have long played important roles in assisting new migrants with settlement and belonging in Australia, including African migrants. This article presents preliminary findings from an Australian Research Council project on religious diversity and social cohesion, drawing on census data and interviews with African-Australian community and religious leaders in Melbourne and Hobart, from Mauritian, Ghanaian, Ethiopian, Somalian and South Sudanese communities. It explores the roles that religion and spirituality play in both addressing and perpetuating issues of racism, trauma and displacement. It also examines the development of 'relational belonging' and diverse, complex and dynamic identities among African migrants in contemporary Australia. It argues the case for retelling the history of African migration to Australia, to subvert the myth of a white Christian nation that excludes non-white Australians. It centres African migrants' lived experience narratives and theories of belonging developed by African scholars to counter narrow and negative stereotypes perpetuated by political and media discourses.
澳大利亚的非洲人社区反映了非洲大陆丰富的文化和宗教多样性。尽管这些社区的许多成员坚持不懈，发挥了积极作用，但由于持续存在的种族主义和排斥问题，他们仍然经历着“破碎的归属感”，这些问题在2019冠状病毒病大流行期间进一步加剧。长期以来，宗教社区团体和组织在协助包括非洲移民在内的新移民在澳大利亚定居和归属方面发挥了重要作用。本文介绍了澳大利亚研究委员会(Australian Research Council)一个关于宗教多样性和社会凝聚力的项目的初步调查结果，该项目利用了人口普查数据，并采访了墨尔本和霍巴特的非洲裔澳大利亚人社区和宗教领袖，这些人来自毛里求斯、加纳、埃塞俄比亚、索马里和南苏丹社区。它探讨了宗教和灵性在解决和延续种族主义、创伤和流离失所问题方面所起的作用。它还研究了“关系归属”的发展，以及当代澳大利亚非洲移民中多样化、复杂和动态的身份。它主张重新讲述非洲移民到澳大利亚的历史，以颠覆白人基督教国家排斥非白人澳大利亚人的神话。它以非洲移民的生活经历、叙述和归属理论为中心，这些理论是由非洲学者发展起来的，旨在对抗政治和媒体话语所造成的狭隘和消极的刻板印象。
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{"title":"Susannah Crockford, Ripples of the Universe: Spirituality in Sedona, Arizona.","authors":"Misha Hoo","doi":"10.1558/jasr.20660","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.20660","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":41609,"journal":{"name":"Journal for the Academic Study of Religion","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1,"publicationDate":"2021-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47079911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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