John of God: the globalization of Brazilian faith healing
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.
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Faria, João Teixeira da 1942-
/ Brazil
/ Spirit healing
/ Spread of
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements KBR Latin America |
| Further subjects: | B
Spiritual healing and spiritualism
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Table of Contents Blurb Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: 9780190466701 |
| Summary: | 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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 019046674X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190466701.001.0001 |