John of God : the globalization of Brazilian faith healing / / Cristina Rocha

• Autore: Rocha Cristina
• 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