Today we’re bringing you a special two-part episode from another Spotify Original from Parcast. If you enjoy it, check out Cults on Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts! 

John Alexander Dowie was a discontented minister who rose to become a leading figure in Australia’s faith healer movement. The ambitious preacher railed against modern medicine, maintaining that prayer was the only cure for illness. 

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