Mental Health at the Intersection of Religion & Psychiatry Arne S. Steinforth LIT Verlag Berlin-Münster-Wien-Zürich-London Since more than a century, anthropologists and psychiatrists engage in conversations concerning relationships between embodied wellbeing and religion. Taking account of shifting meanings of `religion' in global modernities, the contributions reveal how historically and culturally embedded local encounters between psychiatry, […]
Books
Spirits in Politics
Uncertainties of Power and Healing in African Societies Arne S. Steinforth University of Chicago Press Spirits in Politics explores the interface between religion and politics in African societies by examining recent and ongoing research in a variety of regional settings. Case studies from across the African continent exemplify how—and at which social levels—spirits, witchcraft, and […]
Troubled Minds
On the Cultural Construction of Mental Disorder and Normality in Southern Malaŵi Arne S. Steinforth The Peter Lang Publishing Group Every society has its own definition of a normal and an abnormal human condition. For persons living with mental disorders, these concepts have a tremendous impact. This study investigates how the abnormal mind is culturally […]
