MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02008cam a2200313 a 4500
001 2008038167
003 DLC
005 20140714114123.0
008 080904s2008 cau b 000 0 eng
010 $a 2008038167
020 $a9781598743678 (hardback : alk. paper)
020 $a9781598743685 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $as-bl---
050 00 $aGN564.B6$bG74 2008
082 00 $a306.6/0981$222
100 1 $aGreenfield, Sidney M.
245 10 $aSpirits with scalpels :$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 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0827/2008038167.html