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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Main Author: Greenfield, Sidney M. (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Walnut Creek, Ca. Left Coast Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Reviews:Review: Spirits with Scalpels: The Cultural Biology of Religious Healing in Brazil, by Sidney M. Greenfield (2011) (Daschke, Dereck)
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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Summary: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 spiritist treatment -- Healing and the competition for religious converts -- Religion and religious diversity in the context of Brazilian history -- Pilgrimage and healing in "popular" catholicism -- Healing by the spirits in the African derived traditions -- Umbanda -- Evangelicals and healing by the Holy Ghost -- Healing in the competitive religious marketplace -- Healing by spirits and science -- Science as a cultural process -- Communication, information flow, and a new paradigm -- Ritual, altered states of consciousness and -- Culturalbiological healing -- Culturalbiology and the marketplace of religion in Brazil
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references
ISBN:1598743678