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010 _a 2008038167
020 _a9781598743678 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 _a9781598743685 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 0 0 _aGN564.B6
_bG74 2008
082 0 0 _a306.6/0981
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100 1 _aGreenfield, Sidney M.
245 1 0 _aSpirits with scalpels :
_bthe cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil /
_cSidney M. Greenfield.
260 _aWalnut Creek, CA :
_bLeft Coast Press,
_cc2008.
300 _a239 p. :
_bill. ;
_c23 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 0 _aJosé 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.
650 0 _aEthnobiology
_zBrazil.
650 0 _aHealing
_zBrazil.
650 0 _aTraditional medicine
_zBrazil.
650 0 _aSpirit possession
_zBrazil.
651 0 _aBrazil
_xReligious life and customs.
651 0 _aBrazil
_xSocial life and customs.
856 4 1 _3Table of contents only
_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038167.html
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31745
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_iG74 2008
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