Edwards F S
Cult Med Psychiatry. 1983 Jun;7(2):177-98. doi: 10.1007/BF00051848.
The process of transculturation of healing is considered in the cultural belief system and practice of a Xhosa Zionist community. At present in the throes of rapid socio-cultural transition, this community operates with a holistic understanding of health and sickness in which all levels of existence, including the superempirical, are held to be in dynamic mutual interrelationship. The paper examines categories of illness, diagnostic procedures and therapeutic practices in relation to converging traditional Xhosa and Western Christian frames of reference and two illustrative case histories are presented. The use made of heightening of individual and group consciousness is briefly assessed. The Zionist belief system and therapeutic practices are evaluated in terms of cultural accessibility and sociopolitical influences.
在科萨锡安主义社区的文化信仰体系和实践中，考量了治疗的文化适应过程。目前，该社区正处于快速社会文化转型的阵痛之中，它以对健康和疾病的整体理解来运作，其中包括超经验层面在内的所有存在层次都被认为处于动态的相互关系之中。本文探讨了与传统科萨和西方基督教参照框架趋同相关的疾病类别、诊断程序和治疗实践，并呈现了两个说明性的病例史。简要评估了对个人和群体意识提升的运用。从文化可及性和社会政治影响方面对锡安主义信仰体系和治疗实践进行了评估。
