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Jose Carlos Ribeiro : an introduction to spiritist therapy | p. 23 |
Edson Queiroz : spirit surgeries in Recife | p. 35 |
Antonio de Oliveira Rios in Palmelo | p. 49 |
Mauricio Magalhaes in Campo Grande | p. 57 |
Not all patients are cured : Kardecism's approach to death and dying | p. 65 |
The disobsession : another form of spiritist treatment | p. 73 |
Healing and the competition for religious converts | p. 89 |
Religion and religious diversity in Brazilian history | p. 95 |
Pilgrimage and healing in "popular" Catholicism | p. 103 |
Healing by the spirits in the African-derived traditions | p. 117 |
Healing in Umbanda | p. 125 |
Evangelicals and healing by the Holy Ghost | p. 135 |
Healing in the competitive religious marketplace | p. 145 |
Healing by spirits and science | p. 155 |
Science as a cultural process | p. 163 |
Communication, information flow, and a new paradigm | p. 167 |
Ritual, altered states of consciousness, and culturalbiological healing | p. 181 |
Culturalbiology and the marketplace of religion in Brazil | p. 193 |
Postscript | p. 203 |
Notes | p. 205 |
References | p. 213 |
Index | p. 231 |
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