Abstract
Malady and healing touch a new member of the Pentacostal groups of meridional Italy... born essentially after the Second World War... at two different stages of his existence: before and after his integration. The first marks his passage from the world of "the wicked " to that of "the good" and the second his incor poration. If one trial will be lived by the believer as a founding myth of his religious practice, the other will make way for collec tive prayers which will reinforce the solidarity of the group faced with this menace while at the same time giving it the occasion to perpetuate itself.
