Lecture Schedule REL 3098/ANT 3930 Religion, Medicine, and Healing Course Schedule Summer B 2015 Module Lecture Topics Readings/Films Quizzes, Papers & Exams 1. Introduction Welcome from Instructor. Introduction to Religion, Medicine, and Healing (Syllabus, online textbook, online assignments, mechanics of course and Key terms, de>initions, theoretical perspectives and methodologies (Contributions of med. anthro., cultural relativism, theory of performance, history of healing traditions in the world. What is holistic medicine?) Medical science and traditional healing: what is pain? (Cross-Cultural debinitions of health, illness, suffering, and pain, especially, chronic and inexplicable pain. What is emphasized in healing traditions and biomedicine for Introduction to Anthology Kleinman (1997) What is Speci>ic to Western Medicine? Jackson (2011): Pain and Bodies Religious specialists (Healing traditions throughout the world, including contemporary revitalizations; training to be a healer; bodily and spiritual transformations; shamanisms, their relations to herbalists, priests/--esses, sorcerers, other health specialists) Wright, R. M. (2013) Religious Specialists 1
Film: TBA Quiz # 1 2
Introduction to Module 2. 2.1. Northwest Amazonian Shamans Focusing on healing processes by indigenous jaguar shamans of the Northwest Amazon, relations to the cosmos, the spirit-- keeper of sicknesses, soul and body, soul--loss and recovery, points of sickness in the body. Wright (2013) The Making of a Jaguar Shaman; Videos: Searching for Pariká ; Baniwa Shamanic Revitalization Comparative Table 2. Shamani c Traditio ns, old and new 2.2. Amazonian ayahuasca shamans and churches. Ayahuasca & healing : indigenous use; the main churches and their healing rites; its potential, limitations and risks 2.2.1. Healing through Musical Performance - 1 Langdon (2014) Symbolic Efficacy of Rituals Taylor (2013) La Medicina Study: Comparative table Rittner (2007) Sound Trance Healing Watch Film: Vine of the Soul : https:// www.youtube.com/ watch? Quiz # 2 2.3. Bon Shamanism of Nepal and Tibet Desjarlais, (1996) Presence; Peters (2000) The Man Chinni Rite Films: (Follow Instructions on Module page) Fate of the Lhapa & "Between Two Worlds ReWlection Paper # 1 2.4. Healing through Musical Performance - 2 Roseman, Temiar of Malaysia 2.5. Neo--shamanism and Core Shamanism Differentiation among core shamanism, neo--shamanisms, and traditional shamanisms of indigenous peoples; the growth of core shamanism Townsend (1999) Core Shamanism and Neoshamanism Quiz # 3 3
Review for Mid-term Mid-term Exam Traditional Mayan healing life-- force Garcia, Wind in the Blood Chapter 1 3. Traditional Mayan Healing and Traditional Chinese Medicine Sastun. Mayan Divination and Acupuncture Films: (follow instructions on website): Sastun & Ix Chel Farms Extra Credit Paper (topics available on website) Chinese Taoist Qi + Mayan O ol Film: The Mystery of Chi Traditional Chinese Medicine and Religion Quiz # 4 4. Tibeta n Buddh ism Tibetan Buddhist Medical traditions: the Gyu-- dzschi (4 Tantras) Film: The Knowledge of Healing Plurality in Tibetan Medicine Salick (2006) ReWlection Paper #2 5. Hindu Ayurvedic medicine The tridosha system for determining health; kinds of treatment Dominik Wujastyk, Indian Medicine (1997); Michala Lee Modern Practice of Ayurveda and Its Globalization 4
Globalization of Ayurveda Film: Ayurveda: The Art of Being 6. Christianit ies (Pentecost a- lism & Charismat ic Catholicis m) Healing in Christianity Video: Personal Healing Testimonials from a Charismatic Healing retreat Quiz # 5 5
7. The Qawalli Healing Tradition in SuWism of Islam Islamic Su>i Qawalli Tradition Chishti (1991); Newell, Unseen Power: Aesthetic Dimensions of Symbolic Healing in Qawalli Q Personal Healing Testimonials https:// 8. Naturopathy Naturopathy and its relation to Modern Medicine Antiquity of naturopathic medicine -- hydrotherapy, herbal remedies, acupuncture, nutrition, massage, & others. Holistic medicine Naturopathy ; Feeding the Spirit ; The Amazing Health Bene>it (links on website) The multiple religious uses of cannabis for healing purposes ReWlection Paper #3 Alternative Medicines and Therapies Film: Numen. The Nature of Plants Extra Credit Option # 3 9. Healing the Planet and its peoples Traditions of Nature Religions Video: Voices of Green Fire Albanese; Fisher; De Pater; McGoldri ck Quiz # 6 Dark Green Religions recovering destroyed ecosystems, towards a planetary sacred narrative; Videos: A Voyage to Health, Healing Totem Journey (links in RMH anthology); watch 6 video clips under Planetary Narrative on course website Course Survey 6
10. Traditional Healing Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights Indigenous Knowledge & Property Rights Discussion of indigenous peoples intellectual property rights vis--a-- vis the pharmaceutical industry s powers; international agreements to protect indigenous peoples rights to land, resources, medicinal herbs; violations. Sapp 2006; All Extra Credit papers Due REVIEW FOR FINAL EXAM FINAL EXAM 7