Author : Cristina Rocha
Release : 2017
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 715/5 ( reviews)
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Book Synopsis John of God by : Cristina Rocha
Download or read book John of God written by Cristina Rocha. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates the growing number of Western followers of John of God, a faith healer who has drawn hundreds of thousands of people, including Oprah Winfrey, to his healing center in Brazil by purportedly performing miraculous surgeries on people with a kitchen knife and no anesthetics. Drawing on multi-sited fieldwork throughout Brazil, the US, UK, Germany, Australia, and New Zealand, Cristina Rocha examines the social and cultural forces that have made it possible for an illiterate, mostly unknown faith healer in Brazil to become a global "guru" of the 21st century.