Divaldo Pereira Franco

Divaldo Pereira Franco
Born Divaldo Pereira Franco
May 5, 1927(1927-05-05)
Feira de Santana, Bahia, Brazil

Divaldo Pereira Franco (born May 5, 1927, Feira de Santana, Brazil) is a prominent Spiritist speaker and medium.[1][2][3]

He represented Spiritism as a delegate to the United Nations August 28–31st, 2000, Millennium World Peace Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders.[4] After the death of the Brazilian medium Chico Xavier in 2002, Divaldo became the most representative figure of Spiritism worldwide.[5]

On March 12, 2004, Divaldo presented the seminar Understanding Spiritual and Mental Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, in Baltimore.[6]

"Divaldo Pereira Franco offers a psycologized counterpoint to the popular Spiritism paradigm established around the work of Chico Xavier".[7]

"Divaldo Pereira Franco had a prevalent role in the implantation and consolidation of the Spiritist Movement in the United States."[8]

Contents

Books about Divaldo

Books by Divaldo translated to English

References

  1. ^ The Spiritist Review (English Edition). 2006. p. 7. http://www.spiritist.org/thespiritistreview/review02.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  2. ^ Leão, F.C.; Lotufo Neto, F. (2007). "Rev. Psiq. Clín. 34, supl 1; 23-28, 2007". http://www.hcnet.usp.br/ipq/revista/vol34/s1/en/23.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  3. ^ Globo-Salgusa (April 2007). "Evento espírita reúne 15 mil na Imigrantes". http://oglobo.globo.com/sp/mat/2007/04/21/295459348.asp. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  4. ^ "News Room: Delegates". http://www.millenniumpeacesummit.com/news000905.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  5. ^ Dobroruka, Vicente (May 2005). "Aspects of Late Second Temple Jewish Apocalyptic: A cross cultural comparison". Oxford Univ.. p. 101. http://tede.ibict.br/tde_arquivos/1/TDE-2006-05-17T06:42:34Z-366/Publico/VicenteDobroruka.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  6. ^ Lar Fabiano de Cristo (January-February 2006). The Spiritist Information Service. p. 3. http://www.lfc.org.br/sei/boletim/ingl55.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  7. ^ Dawson, Andrew (June 2007). New Era: New Religions: Religious transformation in contemporary Brazil. Ashgate Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-7546-5433-9. http://books.google.com/?id=-DgoCG9ZIQEC. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 
  8. ^ "Interview with Wanderlei D C Marques". Advanced Study Group of Spiritism. February 2000. http://www.geae.inf.br/en/boletins/sm024.html. Retrieved 2009-01-04. 

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