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Occupational choice is the subject of the first section of this work. The remaining parts deal with the reasons patients avail themselves of the services of the faith healer, as well as the motivations for becoming a faith healer.
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Michael Owen Jones
Michael Owen Jones is professor emeritus of folklore studies and world arts and cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is author of a dozen books including Corn: A Global History, Craftsman of the Cumberlands: Tradition and Creativity, and Studying Organizational Symbolism: What, How, Why?; coauthor of Folkloristics: An Introduction; and coeditor of Comfort Food: Meanings and Memories, published by University Press of Mississippi.
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