"All I Depend on Is the Lord": Healing Wordsand Silence in Cajun Traitement

Rooted in Acadian French history and drawing on Native American and Creolecultures, traiteurs, or treaters, practice a form of healing that is based on verbalinteraction, including knowledge of prayers. This article examines the verbal protocolsof traitement or healing prayers, which structure the e...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of American Folklore. - University of Illinois Press, 1888. - 128(2015), 508, Seite 179-194
1. Verfasser: Gravot, Dana David (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Veröffentlicht: 2015
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:The Journal of American Folklore
Schlagworte:Prayer spiritual healing communities sociolinguistics Health sciences Biological sciences Religion Behavioral sciences Linguistics