John of God : the globalization of Brazilian faith healing 1st Edition Rocha 0190466731 9780190466732

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• ISBN 10: 0190466731
• ISBN 13: 9780190466732
• Author: Rocha

In just over a decade, the Brazilian faith healer known as John of God has become an international superstar. Oprah Winfrey, Ram Dass, Wayne Dyer, and Shirley MacLaine have all visited him, as have the wealthy and the desperately ill. Renowned for performing surgeries using rudimentary tools such as kitchen knives and scissors, without anesthetics or asepsis, John of God allegedly channels “entities,” or spirits, and goes into a trance-like state in order to heal his visitors. In recent years, a transnational spiritual community has developed around John of God, comprised of the ill, those who seek spiritual growth, healers, tour guides, and, according to followers, even spirits whose powers transcend national boundaries.

Table of contents:

1. Meeting John of God: An Uneasy Beginning

2. “How Does He Get His Magic?”

3. Re-enchanting Healing

4. Abadiânia as a “Touristic Borderzone”

5. Spiritual Tourism, Cultural Translation, and Friction

6. Flows into the Global North: Building a Transnational Spiritual Community

7. Localizing Flows: Healing the Land of Its Suffering

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