Cristina Rocha

John of God

The Globalization of Brazilian Faith Healing

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Produktbeschreibung

This book 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780190466718
• ISBN-10: 0190466715
• Artikelnr.: 47867146

Autorenporträt

Cristina Rocha is Associate Professor, Australia Research Council Future Fellow, and Director of the Religion and Society Research at Western Sydney University, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ch 1: Meeting John of God: an Uneasy Beginning
Ch 2: "How does He Get His Magic?"
Ch 3: Re-enchanting Healing
Ch 4: Abadiânia as a "Touristic Borderzone"
Ch 5: Spiritual Tourism, Cultural Translation, and Friction
Ch 6: Flows into the Global North: Building a Transnational Spiritual Community
Ch 7: Localizing Flows: Healing the Land of its Suffering
Conclusion
Notes
References
Index