The aim of this article is to investigate the power dynamics at play in open and announced healing practices in Norway and Madagascar. The main research question is: What characterizes the power dynamics at play in healing practices in Norway and Madagascar? We analyzed empirical material by using a power theoretical approach to describe the exercise of power. Through a study in two different ecclesial and cultural contexts, we indicate the (il)legality of exercising “power over” in healing practices, how the “power from” concept can be misused to justify a “power over” attitude – but can also moderate the use of this attitude – and how crucial it is to practice a relational, mutual interdependency.

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语境中的力量：挪威和马达加斯加教会的治疗实践

本文的目的是调查在挪威和马达加斯加公开和宣布的治疗实践中发挥作用的权力动态。主要研究问题是：在挪威和马达加斯加的治疗实践中，权力动态的特征是什么？我们通过使用权力理论方法来描述权力的行使来分析经验材料。通过在两种不同的教会和文化背景下的研究，我们指出在治疗实践中行使“权力”的（不）合法性，“权力来自”的概念如何被滥用来证明“权力超过”的态度——但也可以适度使用这种态度——以及实践一种相互依赖的关系是多么重要。