Modern Techniques of the Supernatural: A Syncretism Between Miraculous Healing and the Mass Media

Authors: Bartocci G.1; Littlewood R.2

Source: Social Theory & Health, Volume 2, Number 1, February 2004 , pp. 18-28(11)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

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Abstract:

Considering the career of a modem healing saint, Padre Pio of Pietralcina, this paper examines the close association in certain situations of putative psychopathology with sanctity, and takes up the role of the modern Italian media in bridging contemporary thaumaturgical healing with the official processes of the Roman Catholic Church: a bridge that recalls certain recent currents within clinical psychiatry.Social Theory & Health (2004) 2, 18–28. doi:10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700017

Document Type: Research article

DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.sth.8700017

Affiliations: 1: aUniversity of Turin, Turin, Italy 2: bUniversity College, London, UK., Email: r.littlewood@ucl.ac.uk

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