Emotional healing in the medicine of the prophet

Creator

Nyssa Rhiannon Hanger

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Publication Date

2008

Abstract

Medieval Islamic prophetic medicine is based in the power of belief. In a culture that employed both fairly comprehensive physicians trained in the theories of Greek science and practitioners of magical/folkloric techniques of the Arabian Bedouin traditions, the appearance of texts titled al-tibb al-nabawi (prophetic medicine) indicates a need existed for a specifically Islamic medical system. As a whole, prophetic medicine stresses the connection between mind and body by tracing all illness back to a lack of belief and claims that restoration of health is equivalent to a restoration of belief.

Keywords

Medicine, Religious aspects

Extent

00:12:53 minutes

Language

English

Media Type

Symposia (conferences); Video recordings

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

S65-00011

Recommended Citation

Hanger, Nyssa Rhiannon, "Emotional healing in the medicine of the prophet" (2008). Sacred Leaves Graduate Symposium Collection. 11.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/sacred_leaves_symposium/11