The Sacred Self: A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing

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The Sacred Self THE SACRED SELF A Cultural Phenomenology of Charismatic Healing Thomas J. Csordas UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley / Los Angeles / London University ofCalifornia Press Berkeley and Los Angeles, California University ofCalifornia Press London, England Copyright © 1994 by The Regents ofthe University ofCalifornia First Paperback Printing 1997 Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Csordas, Thomas J. The sacred self: a cultural phenomenology ofcharismatic healing / Thomas J. Csordas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-520-20884-1 1. Spiritual healing. 2. Pentecostalism---Catholic Church. 3. Pentecostalism-New England. 4. Self. 5. Identification (Religion) 6. Catholic Church-New England-History-1965- 7. New England-Church history. I. Title. BT732.5.C86 1994 234'.13-dc20 93-34279 Printed in the United States ofAmerica 12 11 10 09 08 07 9876543 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements ofAmerican National Standard for Information Sciences-Permanence ofPaper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. 9 ...