Transforming the Self and Healing the Body Through the Use of Testimonies in a Divine Retreat Center, Kerala
Transforming the Self and Healing the Body Through the Use of Testimonies in a Divine Retreat Center, Kerala
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DOI：
10.1007/s10943-011-9564-7
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
影响因子：
2.8
通讯作者：
Lang, Claudia
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作者：
Jansen, Eva;Lang, Claudia
在这篇文章中，我们分析了集体愈合的过程，每周发生在神圣撤退中心（DRC）在穆林古尔，喀拉拉邦。我们认为，在刚果民主共和国的疾病被理解为无论是作为一种身心或作为一种精神体的现象。然而，与其他灵恩团体不同的是，身体是治疗的医疗效果变得可见的场所。整个过程分为几个阶段：首先，有一个净化和脱离程序，旨在通过忏悔和咨询净化和解放参与者。此后是一个气候阶段的个人清空，过渡和重新定位，在此期间愈合本身发生。这个过程最终完成了，人的精神被圣灵“重新填充”。在整个过程中，占主导地位的反复出现的元素是不断陈述治愈的“证词”。“作为治疗过程的一个组成部分，这些陈述被用来在中心的参与者之间分享个人经历。它们以严格的格式制作，以便通过各种媒体（电视，报纸，互联网等）传播。因此，它们构成了一种遵循特定规则和模式的言语体裁。通过在见证的框架中塑造自己的传记，我们认为，自我的实际转变以及奇迹般的愈合发生了。
In this article, we analyze the collective healing process that takes place on a weekly basis in the Divine Retreat Center (DRC) in Muringoor, Kerala. We argue that disease in the DRC is understood either as a psycho-somatic or as a spirito-somatic phenomenon. In contrast to other Charismatic communities, however, the body is the locus on which the medical effects of the healing become visible. The whole process is divided into several phases: First, there is a cleansing and disengagement procedure that aims to purify and liberate the participants through confession and counseling. Thereafter comes a climatic phase of personal emptying, transition and re-orientation during which the healing itself takes place. The procedure is finally completed with the person being spiritually "refilled" by the Holy Spirit. The dominant recurring element in the whole process is the continuous statement of healing "testimonies." As an integral part of the healing procedure, these statements are used to share personal experiences among the participants in the center. They are produced in a strict format in order to be spread far beyond through various media (TV, newspaper, Internet, etc.). They thereby constitute a speech genre that follows specific rules and patterns. Through shaping one's own biography in the frame of the testimonies, so we argue, the actual transformation of the self and therefore the miracle healing takes place.