Women, religion and medicine in Johannesburg between the wars

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dc.contributor.authorGaitskell, Deborah
dc.date.accessioned2010-09-16T12:19:35Z
dc.date.available2010-09-16T12:19:35Z
dc.date.issued1982-08-19
dc.descriptionAfrican Studies Seminar series. Paper presented 19 August, 1982en_US
dc.description.abstractIn explaining the growth of independent churches among the Shona since the 1930s, Daneel lays great stress on the attraction for ordinary members of the curative powers offered by the church. Many joined because they personally or close relatives were cured in faith healing sessions. Unlike churches of outside origin, the African churches took evil forces seriously and combated them in a way appealing to the patient's mind. Diagnostic sessions grappling with the spiritual causes of misfortune seemed to be the key to success. Daneel, like other modern commentators, takes a much more positive view of prophetic therapeutic treatment, seeing it as essentially Christian in character.(1)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/8727
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAfrican Studies Institute;ISS 154
dc.titleWomen, religion and medicine in Johannesburg between the warsen_US
dc.typeWorking Paperen_US
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