Carmelite Missionary Missionaries and Their Connection with the Discourse of Folk Medicine in Safavid Iran
Tārīkh-i pizishkī i.e., Medical History,
Vol. 13 No. 46 (1400),
7 February 2021
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Page 1-16
https://doi.org/10.22037/mhj.v14i.34070
Abstract
Background and Aim: The folk medicine of the Safavid period, like many other branches of science, was influenced by the political-religious-social-cultural atmosphere of this period, and under the influence of these structural components, there were significant and significant traces of superstition in It was strengthened. This medical superstition grew and spread not only in the fields of prevention, treatment and also in order to promote health among the social classes of Safavid Iran, but in turn, on another surprising process in This period had an impact, and that was the use of some superstitious aspects of folk medicine in order to propagate Catholic Christianity in Iran by the Carmelite missionaries. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explain why and how the superstition in folk medicine is linked by providing a platform for the propagation of Christianity in Iran.
Materials and Methods: This research is of theoretical type. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the method of collecting information is library and has been done by referring to documents, books and articles.
Findings: In fact, the remarkable capacities that the folk medicine of the Safavid period showed from the point of view of the influence and penetration of superstitions, provided a platform to use it as a space for the propagation of Christianity by the Catholic Carmelites. To be provided in Iran. In other words, the superstition in the branch of folk medicine of the Safavid period stimulated and encouraged the Carmelite Catholics to use some of the techniques and mysteries contained in folk medicine to orient the popular classes. Assess the religion of Christ and use it to propagate Christianity in Iran. Although this position, due to its importance, is not reflected in the historical sources of this period and has been reflected from its hidden and underlying angles in the historical reports of these periods, but the analysis of these available data can also be explained. And analyzing this issue will hel.
Ethical considerations: In all stages of writing the present study, while respecting the originality of the texts, honesty and trustworthiness have been observed.
Conclusion: The results show that the widespread superstition in folk medicine provided a space for Carmelite propagandists to become aware of such a context, to spread their religious propaganda among the Iranian masses, and to use it for their own propaganda purposes.
Cite this article as: Alian F, Kasiri M, Sangari E, Ahmadi N. Carmelite Missionary Missionaries and Their Connection with the Discourse of Folk Medicine in Safavid Iran. Medical History Journal 2021; 13(46): e33.
- Safavian; Folk Medicine; Superstition; Missionaries; Carmelites
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