3456 - Mysterious Healing (Charles Emmons)
Course Description
Instructor: Charles Emmons
How integrated into mainstream medicine are hands-on healing and other holistic practices like meditation, acupuncture, yoga, and chi gong? Are they scientific, placebo, spiritual, or paranormal? This presentation is based partly on interviews with healers in the U.S. and the UK. Discussion is encouraged.
Bio: Charles Emmons is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Gettysburg College, retired 2020. M.A. Anthropology, U. of Illinois; PhD Sociology, U. of Illinois, Chicago. His main interests are in the sociology of science, religion, medicine, and mass media and popular culture. His books include "Guided by Spirit" (on spirit mediumship, with Penelope Emmons, 2003), "Chinese Ghosts Revisited" (2017), "At the Threshold" (on UFO researchers, 1997), "Hong Kong Prepares for 1997" (on Hong Kong politics, 1987), and "Back in Our Day" (nostalgic autobiography, 2016).