Connecting and Correcting
Case Study of Sami Healers in Porsanger
Published on 1. January 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-90-5789-151-9 (ISBN)
Description
Connecting and Correcting is a case study of Sami healers in Porsanger, Finnmark, Norway, and focuses on two Coastal Sami healers, their worldview and healing practices. Barbara Miller explores the cultural and historic context of Sami healing practices, most notably Sami folk beliefs, the Laestadian branch of Lutheranism, and the changes in the discourse on the noaidi , a Sami term that is often translated as shaman. As she point out, healers today may be connected historically to the noaidi of the past, but they cannot be identified with the noaidi . The healers are Christian and conceive of their healing gift as a special connection to God. This gift resembles important Laestadian concepts. In Laestadianism the ?congregation of the reborn' holds the Keys to Heaven, which are the binding and unbinding keys received from the Savior.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Illustrated
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 165 mm
Weight
526 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-5789-151-9 (9789057891519)
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Barbara Miller conducted fieldwork from 1995-2006 and made extensive interviews with healers and their patients. These interviews comprise a great part of the book. She was in the rare position to witness the transfer of the healing gift between her two main informants, a process that occurred in the years 2000-2002.