Processos de saude e doenca no campo sagrado e as narrativas de ressignificacao corporea: o caso das cirurgias espirituais no Hospital Espiritual Casa de Hansen

The aim of this article is to discuss the health and disease processes, having as main focus of the analysis the narratives of resignification of the body coming from subjects who underwent healing practices in the bleeding field, the so-called spiritual surgeries. The research locus is the Sacred Heart of Jesus Spiritual Home--Hansen's House (also known as Hansen's Spiritual House), located in the city of Rio de Janeiro. We argue that popular therapeutic practices mediated by religions are a device for the construction of meanings about the disease, functioning in a complementary way to the biomedical model. Thus, in contemporary times, religiosity is observed in a deinstitutionalized way, privileging the autonomy of individuals, highlighting the category "spirituality" as the main intermediary between God and the subject. Methodologically, this work is based on bibliographical, qualitative, exploratory and ethnographic research, draw'ng attention to the analysis of the interviews conducted at the Casa de Hansen Spiritual Hospital. Keywords Corporeality. Healing processes. Disease. Sacred. Health. O objetivo deste artigo e discutir os processos de saude e doenca, tendo como principal foco da analise as narrativas de ressignificacao do corpo de sujeitos submetidos as praticas de cura no campo do sagrado, as chamadas cirurgias espirituais. O locus da pesquisa e o Lar Espiritual Sagrado Coracao de Jesus--Casa de Hansen (tambem conheddo como Hospital Espiritual Casa de Hansen), situado na cidade do Rio de Janeiro. Argumentamos que as praticas terapeuticas populares intermediadas pelas religioes constituem dispositivo para a construcao dos sentidos sobre a doenca, fundonando de forma complementar ao modelo biomedico. Assim, na contemporaneidade, observa-se a religiosidade de forma desinstitudonalizada, privilegiando a autonomia dos individuos, destacando a categoria "espiritualidade" como o prindpal intermediario entre o sujeito e Deus. Metodologicamente, este trabalho alicerca-se na pesquisa qualitativa, exploratoria e etnografica, chamando a atencao para a analise das entrevistas realizadas no Hospital Espiritual Casa de Hansen. Palavras-chave Corporeidade. Processos de cura. Doenca. Sagrado. Saude.