AIBR http://www.aibr.org Registro AIBR, SSCI text/plain; charset=utf-8 TY - JOUR JO - ARIES, Anuario de Antropología Iberoamericana TI - «BRINGING THOUGHT INTO ACOORD WITH THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH AND LOVE»: SPIRITUAL HEALING IN THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. VL - IS - 2019 PB - Asociación AIBR, Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red T2 - ARIES, Anuario de Antropología Iberoamericana PY - 2019 M1 - SN - 2530-7843 UR - https://aries.aibr.org/articulo/2019/20/1378/bringing-thought-into-acoord-with-the-spirit-of-truth-and-love-spiritual-healing-in-the-christian-science DO - doi: AU - Borja Martín-Andino Martín A2 - A3 - A4 - A5 - A6 - A7 - SP - LA - Esp DA - 20/09/2019 KW - spirit, truth, love AB - Spanish: Beyond secularization theories, the diversity of religious transformations in contemporary societies may be noticed in the emergency and consolidation of individualist forms of spirituality as well as in the deinstitutionalization of traditional religious forms, so as in traditional forms of religion resistance and, in some cases, in its hybridisation and resignification. In the Evangelical Christianity setting, although ascetic religions remain —or «disenchanted», in weberian terminology—, the «enchantment» stands, held to permanent regeneracy (Cantón, 1996, 2009). Thus, transcendent experience is decisive, an experience in Christianities also brings together health processes, sickness, assistance and caring within beliefs, practices, performances and interactions. Other modes of assistance face a hegemonic, rational and secular biomedicine (Estruch, 1994), other conceptions about sickness and its treatment that, nevertheless, may be related by social agents (Menéndez, 1996). Body caring, its recovering; suffering and affliction managing are not exclusive of biomedical institutions. Christian Science is an example in diverse Christianity, its mission is «restoring primitive Christendom and its lost health element» (Baker-Eddy, 1936). This paper tries —by means of the Christian Science sources and ethnographic knowledge— to describe the spiritual healing in the Church —as a technique—, focusing the social relationship it provides among the social agents (practitioners, patients, other members) and, also, its entry in a concrete health framework, connected to a particular spirituality, a proper conception of reality and a specific person concept. English: Beyond secularization theories, the diversity of religious transformations in contemporary societies may be noticed in the emergency and consolidation of individualist forms of spirituality as well as in the deinstitutionalization of traditional religious forms, so as in traditional forms of religion resistance and, in some cases, in its hybridisation and resignification. In the Evangelical Christianity setting, although ascetic religions remain —or «disenchanted», in weberian terminology—, the «enchantment» stands, held to permanent regeneracy (Cantón, 1996, 2009). Thus, transcendent experience is decisive, an experience in Christianities also brings together health processes, sickness, assistance and caring within beliefs, practices, performances and interactions. Other modes of assistance face a hegemonic, rational and secular biomedicine (Estruch, 1994), other conceptions about sickness and its treatment that, nevertheless, may be related by social agents (Menéndez, 1996). Body caring, its recovering; suffering and affliction managing are not exclusive of biomedical institutions. Christian Science is an example in diverse Christianity, its mission is «restoring primitive Christendom and its lost health element» (Baker-Eddy, 1936). This paper tries —by means of the Christian Science sources and ethnographic knowledge— to describe the spiritual healing in the Church —as a technique—, focusing the social relationship it provides among the social agents (practitioners, patients, other members) and, also, its entry in a concrete health framework, connected to a particular spirituality, a proper conception of reality and a specific person concept. CR - Copyright; 2019 Asociación AIBR, Antropólogos Iberoamericanos en Red ER -