# Spirits and Scientists, Vol. 1

By **David J Hess**

- ISBN-13: 9780271033679
- Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 272
- Published: 15 Apr 1991
- Language: en
- Price: £38.99 (new)
- Categories: RELIGION, Religion and culture, Religion et culture, Influence, Spiritualism, Intellectual life, Science and spiritualism, Spiritisme, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Vie intellectuelle, Spiritismus, Geloof en wetenschap, Brazil, religion, Brazil, etc., artistic, Influence (Literary

## About this book

Spirits and Scientists: Ideology, Spiritism, and Brazilian Culture is a scholarly examination of Brazilian Spiritism and its role within the nation's intellectual life. This volume 1 study explores how a middle-class religious movement integrates communication with the dead and spiritual therapies into a structured framework. David J Hess analyzes how this specific form of spiritualism differs from Anglo-Saxon traditions by incorporating an institutionalized elite that blends parapsychology with alternative medicine and sociology.

The text situates Spiritism within a broader ideological arena, connecting religion and culture to the state, medical professions, and the social sciences. By challenging previous sociological perspectives on middle-class ideologies, Spirits and Scientists provides a fresh approach to understanding religious movements in Brazil and Latin America. This work serves as a detailed resource for those studying the intersection of science and spiritualism.

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