Epistemologies in Religious Healing  

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Hufford, David J.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 18 no. 2 (Apr. 1993), page 175-194.
Topik: Belief; Epistemelogy; Healing; Miracle; Prayer; Religion

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Religious beliefs in miraculous healing through prayer remain prevalent in modern society. Most such beliefs do not conflict with medical advice but some do. Conventional views have considered these beliefs incompatible with rational modern thought, predicting their demise an explaining their persistence in terms of non-rational thinking, “special logics” and psychological compartmentalization. However, attention to the actual beliefs of individuals often reveals them to be rationally ordered and empirically founded. Further, they do not usually involve disbelief of medical knowledge. Their differences from each other and from differing assumptions, the crediting of subjective experience, and the particular experiences of believers.

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