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‘Inoculate Yourself with the Word of God’: How Religion Can Limit Medical Treatment

By Sandee LaMotte — 2018

Some fundamentalists don’t believe in medications or psychological treatments for mental illness. Small groups of faith healers believe that prayer can heal and shun conventional medical support.

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Folk Religion of the Pennsylvania Dutch: Witchcraft, Faith Healing and Related Practices

For almost three centuries, the "Pennsylvania Dutch"--descended from German immigrants--have practiced white magic, known in their dialect as Braucherei (from the German "brauchen," to use) or Powwowing.

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