Religion and healing among Somalis in Sweden when experiencing illness and suffering
Today, about 40 000 Somalis live in Sweden. This paper, based on anthropological fieldwork in the city of Gothenburg, inquires into the role of religion among Somali-Swedes when experiencing illness and suffering. When ill, many Somalis turn to both biomedicine (“Western medicine”) and Islam. Faith...
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| Format: | bookPart |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7534 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/7534 |