Spirits with scalpels : the cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil / Sidney M. Greenfield.
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- 9781598743678 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9781598743685 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 306.6/0981 22
- GN564.B6 G74 2008
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Current library | Collection | Call number | Vol info | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Judith Thomas Library General Stacks | BKS | GN 564 .B6 G74 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | AUA21847 | Available | AUA21847 |
Includes bibliographical references.
José Carlos Ribeiro : an introduction to spiritist therapy -- Edson Queiroz : spirit surgeries in Recife -- Antonio de Oliveira rios in Palmelo -- Mauricio Maglhães in Campo Grande -- Not all patients are cured : Kardecism's approach to death and dying -- The disobsession : another form of spiritist treatment -- Healing and the competition for religious converts -- Religion and religious diversity in the context of Brazilian history -- Pilgrimage and healing in "popular" catholicism -- Healing by the spirits in the African derived traditions -- Umbanda -- Evangelicals and healing by the Holy Ghost -- Healing in the competitive religious marketplace -- Healing by spirits and science -- Science as a cultural process -- Communication, information flow, and a new paradigm -- Ritual, altered states of consciousness and -- Culturalbiological healing -- Culturalbiology and the marketplace of religion in Brazil.