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Review of Religious Research

ISSN 0034-673X

2 papers in the library · 174 citations · publishing 1976-2023

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Using the Body to Retrieve the Soul: Learning From Modern Chinese Shaman Phenomenology of the Body

Review of Religious Research November 15, 2023 K. Feng

This commentary attends to religion and the body as a philosophical approach to decentering Western and Christian traditions in understanding of spiritual healing. Prior soul-centered shamanic soul retrieval theories cannot explain the beliefs and practices of modern Chinese shamans. This commentary draws upon phenomenology of the body to assert that soul retrieval of Chinese shamans is not a...