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Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch - A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World (Paperback) Loot Price: R701
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Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch - A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World (Paperback): David W. Kriebel

Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch - A Traditional Medical Practice in the Modern World (Paperback)

David W. Kriebel

Series: Pennsylvania German History and Culture

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Known in Pennsylvania Dutch as Brauche or Braucherei, the folk-healing practice of powwowing was thought to draw upon the power of God to heal all manner of physical and spiritual ills. Yet some people believed-and still believe today-that this power to heal came not from God, but from the devil. Controversy over powwowing came to a climax in 1929 with the York Hex Murder Trial, in which one powwower killed another who, he believed, had placed a hex on him. Based on seven years of fieldwork and extensive interviews, David Kriebel's study reveals the vibrant world, history, and culture of powwowing in southeastern and central Pennsylvania. He describes, compares, and contrasts powwowing practices of the past and the present; discusses in detail the belief in powwowing as healing; and assesses the future of Braucherei. Biographical sketches of seven living powwowers shed additional light on this little-understood topic. A groundbreaking inquiry into Pennsylvania German culture and history, Powwowing Among the Pennsylvania Dutch opens a window onto an archaic, semi-mystical tradition still very much in practice today.

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Imprint: Pennsylvania State University Press
Country of origin: United States
Series: Pennsylvania German History and Culture
Release date: July 2016
First published: 2007
Authors: David W. Kriebel
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 978-0-271-07575-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Religious groups
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Aspects of religions (non-Christian) > Religious experience > General
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
LSN: 0-271-07575-9
Barcode: 9780271075754

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