From illness to miracle: ethnography of therapeutic solutions among evangelicals in Boa Vista, Roraima

Authors

  • Carlos Alberto Borges da Silva Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública
  • Maria da Penha Vasconcellos Universidade de São Paulo; Faculdade de Saúde Pública; Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Estudos e Pesquisas Sociais em Saúde Pública

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/sausoc.v22i4.76498

Abstract

There are several possibilities of linkage between disease, religion and healing. The article is an analysis of narratives about illness and healing through religion, based on an ethnographic approach in 10 districts of Boa Vista, Roraima, with individuals who claimed to have been healed through divine intervention. The aim is to show that disease is not limited to the universal physical symptoms of empirical reality. Magic rituals of healing are also paths open to interpretation.

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2013-12-01

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From illness to miracle: ethnography of therapeutic solutions among evangelicals in Boa Vista, Roraima. (2013). Saúde E Sociedade, 22(4), 1036-1044. https://doi.org/10.1590/sausoc.v22i4.76498