Spirits with scalpels: the cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil
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 spir...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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Walnut Creek, Ca.
Left Coast Press
2008
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| In: | Year: 2008 |
| Reviews: | Review: Spirits with Scalpels: The Cultural Biology of Religious Healing in Brazil, by Sidney M. Greenfield (2011) (Daschke, Dereck)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Brazil
/ Religion
/ Healing
B Brazil / Spirit healing B Brazil / Traditional medicine / Religious consciousness |
| Further subjects: | B
Traditional medicine
Brazil
B Spirit Possession Brazil B Ethnobiology (Brazil) B Healing Brazil B Brazil Social life and customs B Spirit Possession (Brazil) B Traditional medicine (Brazil) B Ethnobiology Brazil B Healing (Brazil) B Brazil Religious life and customs |
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