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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Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2017
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In: | Jahr: 2017 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Faria, João Teixeira da 1942-
/ Brasilien
/ Geistheilung
/ Verbreitung
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weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Faria, João Teixeira da ; 1942-
B Spiritual healing and spiritualism B Faria, João Teixeira da (1942-) |
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Volltext (Resolving-System; OUP) |
Parallele Ausgabe: | Print version: 9780190466701 |
Zusammenfassung: | 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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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Previously issued in print: 2017 Zielgruppe - Audience: Specialized |
ISBN: | 019046674X |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190466701.001.0001 |