Summoning the spirits: possession and invocation in contemporary religion
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London I.B. Tauris & Co. 2010
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Item Description:Charismatic visions and the role of mediums; possession ceremonies and ecstatic trance; the social contexts and practices of invocation: these are a number of the intriguing topics addressed by this comprehensive undergraduate textbook, the first of its kind to offer a thorough overview of the fascinating and multifaceted subject of spirit possession. The subject is now widely studied in a number of fields - including religion, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies - and for some time there has been a need for a book which offers a multicultural, multi-thematic treatment which can satis
Acknowledgements; Introduction: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Context -- Andrew Dawson; Part I. Possessing the Present: Local Negotiations of Transnational Processes; 1. Local Spirits/Multicultural Rituals: The Dynamics of Place and Identity in Vietnamese-American Spirit Possession Rituals -- Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen; 2. Embodied Spirit(s) and Charismatic Power Among Congolese Migrants in London -- David Garbin; 3. Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan -- Susan M. Kenyon
4. Gendered Dynamics of the Divine: Trance and Possession Practices in Diaspora Hindu Sites in East London -- Ann R. DavidPart II. Taking Possession of the Spirit: Relational Selves and Supernatural Others; 5. Process, Personhood and Possession in Cuban Spiritism -- Diana Espirito Santo; 6. Embodiment and the Metaphysics of Virgin Birth in South India: A Case Study -- Gillian Goslinga; 7. Ta(l)king Possession: Exchanging Words and Worlds among Charismatic Christians -- Simon Coleman; Part III. Possession and Invocation in Late-Modern Contexts
8. Spirit, Self and Society in the Brazilian New Religion of Santo Daime -- Andrew Dawson9. Imagining Spirit Possession: Mixing Traditions and Current Trends in the Japanese Manga Shaman King -- Birgit Staemmler; 10. The Ontology of Good and Evil: Spirit Possession in Contemporary Witchcraft and Paganism -- Douglas Ezzy; Notes; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (238 pages)
ISBN:0857718762
9780857718761

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