Original Research

Die rol van profete as verskaffers van alternatiewe mediese sorg

J. H. Booyens
Curationis | Vol 16, No 4 | a1409 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/curationis.v16i4.1409 | © 1993 J. H. Booyens | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 31 March 1993 | Published: 31 March 1993

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J. H. Booyens,, South Africa

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In this article the unpublished results of a study on the healing and helping activities of prophets associated with Indigenous or Independent Churches in a Black township are reflected. The healing activities at the prophets homes and some a activities at churches are described as well as aspects of their materia medica. From interviews and a relatively long term association with the prophets it became clear that they are sincere in their conviction that they can help people in distress. From a small survey undertaken during the research, at least some of the former patients/clients of prophets interviewed also indicated that they had been helped/cured by the intervention of the prophets.

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