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  1. Symbolic and Psychological Anthropology: The Case of Pentecostal Faith Healing.James Peacock - 1984 - Ethos: Journal of the Society for Psychological Anthropology 12 (1):37-53.
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  • Miracles, Science, and Testimony in Post-Tridentine Saint-Making.Fernando Vidal - 2007 - Science in Context 20 (3):481-508.
    ArgumentSeeing a prodigious cure happen and then testifying about it certainly differs from attending an air pump experiment in order to bear witness to it. Yet early-modern saint-making and the “new” or “experimental philosophy” shared juridical roots, and thereby an understanding of the role of testimony for the establishment of “matters of fact” and for the production of legitimate knowledge. The reforms carried out after the Council of Trent, especially during Urban VIII's pontificate, of the juridical procedures for saint-making in (...)
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  • Great expectations: The evolutionary psychology of faith- healing and the placebo effect.Nicholas Humphrey - manuscript
    I said that the cure itself is a certain leaf, but in addition to the drug there is a certain charm, which if someone chants when he makes use of it, the medicine altogether restores him to health, but without the charm there is no profit from the leaf.
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