Spirits with scalpels : the cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil
Sidney Greenfield presents a riveting ethnography of the complex world of religious practitioners in Brazil that challenges readers to grapple with the dramatic healing practices that seem to defy medical explanation.
239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9781598743678, 9781598743685, 1598743678, 1598743686
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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