Anthropology
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Department of Anthropology, Brunel University, Uxbridge, England, United Kingdom

Publications

• Thesis   
  What Goes on During Spirit Healing?
  Author(s): André Rostant*
  
  To trace something unknown back to something known is alleviating, soothing, gratifying and gives moreover a feeling of power. Danger, disquiet, anxiety attend the unknown – the first instinct is to eliminate these distressing states. Transubstantiation is a standardized miracle (the repetitive, guaranteed miracle of the Mass, offered four times a day). But I have something a bit grander in mind... View More»
  

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