Power in Context: Healing Practices in Churches in Norway and Madagascar

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Mission Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1163/15733831-12341914

Tormod Kleiven, Hans Austnaberg, Anne Austad, Marianne Rodriguez Nygaard

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Abstract

The aim of this article is to investigate the power dynamics at play in open and announced healing practices in Norway and Madagascar. The main research question is: What characterizes the power dynamics at play in healing practices in Norway and Madagascar? We analyzed empirical material by using a power theoretical approach to describe the exercise of power. Through a study in two different ecclesial and cultural contexts, we indicate the (il)legality of exercising “power over” in healing practices, how the “power from” concept can be misused to justify a “power over” attitude – but can also moderate the use of this attitude – and how crucial it is to practice a relational, mutual interdependency.

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背景下的权力：挪威和马达加斯加教会的治疗实践

本文的目的是调查挪威和马达加斯加公开和宣布的治疗实践中的权力动态。主要的研究问题是：在挪威和马达加斯加的治疗实践中，权力动态的特点是什么？我们通过使用权力理论方法来描述权力的行使来分析经验材料。通过在两种不同的教会和文化背景下进行的研究，我们表明了在治疗实践中行使“权力”的合法性，“来自权力”的概念如何被滥用来证明“权力高于”的态度是合理的——但也可以缓和这种态度的使用——以及实践关系、相互依存是多么重要。

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Mission Studies RELIGION-

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