the cultural biology of religious healing in Brazil Greenfield, Sidney M. creator text bibliography cau Walnut Creek, CA Left Coast Press c2008 2008 monographic eng

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239 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. 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. Sidney M. Greenfield. Includes bibliographical references. s-bl--- Ethnobiology Brazil Healing Brazil Traditional medicine Brazil Spirit possession Brazil Brazil Religious life and customs Brazil Social life and customs GN564.B6 G74 2008 306.6/0981 9781598743678 (hardback : alk. paper) 9781598743685 (pbk. : alk. paper) 2008038167 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038167.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31745 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038167.html http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31745 DLC 080904 20171203151253.0 15438285