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Autore: | Rocha Cristina |
Titolo: | John of God : the globalization of Brazilian faith healing / / Cristina Rocha |
Pubblicazione: | New York, NY : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource |
Disciplina: | 615.852092 |
Soggetto topico: | Spiritual healing and spiritualism - Brazil |
Note generali: | Previously issued in print: 2017. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Meeting John of God: an uneasy beginning -- How does he get his magic? -- Re-enchanting healing -- Abadiânia as a touristic borderzone -- Spiritual tourism, cultural translation, and friction -- Flows into the global north: building a transnational spiritual community -- Localizing flows: healing the land of its suffering. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This work investigates the growing number of Western followers of John of God, a faith healer who has drawn hundreds of thousands of people, including Oprah Winfrey, to his healing center in Brazil by purportedly performing miraculous surgeries on people with a kitchen knife and no anesthetics. |
Titolo autorizzato: | John of God |
ISBN: | 0-19-046673-1 |
0-19-046674-X | |
0-19-046672-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910154737603321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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