Author, as appears in the article.: Itzhak, Nofit;
Department: Antropologia, Filosofia i Treball Social
URV's Author/s: Itzhak, Nofit
Keywords: Self-sacrifice Sacrifice Rwanda Love Loss Healing Grace Christianity Bereavement
Abstract: What does a consideration of the place of grace in the therapeutic relationship have to add to our understanding of the healing process? This article explores the experience of bereavement and healing in the aftermath of loss among members of a Catholic Charismatic community in Rwanda. Considering cases in which divine healing is experienced as either having succeeded or having failed, I argue that the healing process involves acts of sacrifice and gifting, taking place between the mourner, God, and social others, and that the central sacrificial gesture constituting this process is the sacrifice of the self as lived prior to loss. I suggest that in order to understand gifting and sacrifice's therapeutic potential, we must read them as acts anchored in grace or gratuity.
Thematic Areas: Ciencias sociales Antropologia / arqueologia Anthropology
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: nofit.itzhak@urv.cat
Record's date: 2024-07-20
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Cambridge Anthropology. 40 (1): 34-50
APA: Itzhak, Nofit; (2022). An Unaccountable Love Healing and Sacrifice in Post-Genocide Rwanda. Cambridge Anthropology, 40(1), 34-50. DOI: 10.3167/cja.2022.400104
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2022
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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