Commodity Fetichismo, the holy spirit, and the turn to pentecostal and African Independent Churches in central Mozambique

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-283

  Pfeiffer, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

African Independent Churches; Mozambique; Pentecostalism; Structural adjustment; Traditional healing

Indexed keywords

COMMODIFICATION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; RELIGION; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIRITUAL HEALING; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; UNITED NATIONS; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WITCHCRAFT;

CAPITALISM; COMMODIFICATION; FAITH HEALING; FEES AND CHARGES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MOZAMBIQUE; NARRATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROTESTANTISM; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED NATIONS; WITCHCRAFT;

EID: 30744446705     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-005-9168-3     Document Type: Review

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