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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Autor principal: Wedel, Johan (author)
Formato: bookPart
Idioma:eng
Publicado em: 2014
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Texto completo:http://hdl.handle.net/10071/7534
País:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/7534