HEALTH, HEALING AND RELIGION: AN AFRICAN VIEW.

From: International Review of Mission | Date: January 1, 2001| Author: POBEE, JOHN S. | Copyright information

JOHN S. POBEE [*]

"All sorts and conditions" of third world

My invitation was to read a paper on "Health, healing and religion as understood and practised in Asian or African cultures". I have taken the "or" in the assigned topic seriously not only because I am not confident to wax eloquently on Asia but also because of time constraints. However, there is a deeper reason: it is not unusual to treat the so-called South, third world or developing world as one b...

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