Wellbeing, Harm, and Religion (WH&RE 2021): 5th Annual Religious Studies PhD Conference

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Wellbeing, Harm, and Religion (WH&RE 2021): 5th Annual Religious Studies PhD Conference

Original language description

Specific ideas about what constitutes harm and wellbeing have been historically shaped by different religious traditions considerably. Throughout the history of the human species, illnesses, injuries, and diseases were often dealt with through religious rituals, as evidenced from the earliest Sumerian incantations from the 26th century BC to the contemporary evangelical faith healing. Some ritualized acts incorporate what can be seen as harm or violence, like genital mutilations or flesh hook insertions. Nevertheless, these same acts can be also perceived as leading towards wellbeing (of community, individual, deity, etc.). Alternatively, consider other practices more directly aimed at the wellbeing of mind and soul, that may even result in a feedback loop affecting the physical body, like shamanic trance induction, baptism, or meditation. But not only rituals – embracing of religious worldview as an interpretative framework may also substantially affect one’s wellbeing. Different conceptions of harm and wellbeing derived from different religious traditions retain their relevance in many locales across the globe even today, as they did in history. They intertwine(d) with “secular” medical practices; religious actors can formulate stances towards modern medical technologies, like vaccination and blood transfusion; and religion sometimes articulates alternative theories about the nature and origin of various diseases and about their treatment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

M - Conference organization

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60304 - Religious studies

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

MUNI, Brno

Event country

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

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Event ending date

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Total number of attendees

23

Foreign attendee count

17

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce