The Faith HealersJames Randi, the celebrated magician, has written a damning indictment of the faith-healing practices of the leading televangelists and others who claim divine healing powers. Randi and his team of researchers attended scores of "miracle services" and often were pronounced "healed" of the nonexistent illnesses they claimed. They viewed first-hand the tragedies resulting from the wide-spread belief that faith healing can cure every conceivable disease. The ministries, they discovered, were rife with deception, chicanery, and often outright fraud. Self-annointed ministers of God convince the gullible that they have been healed - and that they should pay for the service. The Faith Healers examines in depth the reasons for belief in faith healing and the catastrophic results for the victims of these hoaxes. Included in Randi's book are profiles of a highly profitable "psychic dentist", and the "Vatican-approved wizard." |
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Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
Introduction | 3 |
The Origins of FaithHealing | 13 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Faith Healers G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series |
| Author | James Randi |
| Edition | 2, illustrated, revised |
| Publisher | Prometheus Books, 1989 |
| Original from | Northwestern University |
| Digitized | 31 Mar 2011 |
| ISBN | 0879755350, 9780879755355 |
| Length | 318 pages |
| Subjects | › › Body, Mind & Spirit / Healing / Prayer & Spiritual |
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