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In this podcast, Art Remillard talks with Joseph Williams about his new book, Spirit Cure: A History of Pentecostal Healing. Williams is an assistant professor of religion at Rutgers University. In this discussion, he explains how the history of healing practices in pentecostalism is marked by a variety of pragmatic exchanges with everything from mainstream medicine to metaphysical religion. Williams concludes with a preview of his next book project, which looks at concepts of prophecy within pentecostalism.