00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Rocha, Christina aut Verfasser/-in Geistheiler Joao de Deus John of God The Globalisation of Brazilian Faith Healing. Clarendon 2017 Da es derzeit kaum wissenschaftliche Literatur ügber den umstrittenen brasilianischen "Heiler" Joào de Deus/ John of God gibt, obwohl er auch in Europa - auch hier in Salzburg - präsent und bekannt ist, ergänzen wir unsere Fachbibliothek mit diesem interessanten englischsprachigen Werk. "Christina Rocha examines the social and cultural forces that have made it possible for a healer from Brazil to become a global "guru" in the 21st century. The book's key themes are: the ways in which religion is both globalized and localized in late modernity, the establishment of transnational communities of belief, the transformation of poor rural areas into sites of globalization, the efficacy of healing across cultures, and the prominent place of healing (of the body, the spirit and the planet) and its intimate connection with spirituality and religion in late modernity." (aus dem Verlagstext) 9780190466718