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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.
Meeting John of God: an uneasy beginning -- How does he get his magic? -- Re-enchanting healing -- Abadiânia as a touristic borderzone -- Spiritual tourism, cultural translation, and friction -- Flows into the global north: building a transnational spiritual community -- Localizing flows: healing the land of its suffering.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2016