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: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | UPSO - Oxford University Press E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| 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 (xii, 269 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190466725 0190466723 9780190466732 0190466731 9780190466749 019046674X 9780190466701 0190466707 |