John Of God: The Globalization Of Brazilian Faith Healing

This work 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.

• | Author: Cristina Rocha
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: Jan 02, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 289 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Body, Mind & Spirit
• | ISBN-10: 0190466715
• | ISBN-13: 9780190466718