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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rocha, Cristina (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Series:UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 269 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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