02356cam a2200373 a 4500 15438285 AUA.1 20171203151253.0 080904s2008 cau b 000 0 eng 2008038167 9781598743678 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781598743685 (pbk. : alk. paper) DLC DLC DLC s-bl--- GN564.B6 G74 2008 306.6/0981 22 Greenfield, Sidney M. Spirits with scalpels : the cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil / Sidney M. Greenfield. Walnut Creek, CA : Left Coast Press, c2008. 239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references. 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. Ethnobiology Brazil. Healing Brazil. Traditional medicine Brazil. Spirit possession Brazil. Brazil Religious life and customs. Brazil Social life and customs. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038167.html Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31745 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BOOK GN 564.B6 G74 2008 18884 18884 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2017-12-03 Bought by JTL 12.42 AUA21847 1 GN 564 .B6 G74 2008 AUA21847 2019-03-26 00:00:00 2019-03-19 12.42 2017-12-03 BOOK