Rethinking Anthropological Models of Spirit Possession and Theravada Buddhism

Anthropological studies of spirit possession in Theravada Buddhist worlds continue to be strongly shaped by many of the theoretical presumptions embedded in the analytic models proposed by the earliest generation of scholars. The ability of subsequent theoretical developments in the discipline to in...

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Main Author: White, Erick (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Berghahn [2017]
In: Religion and society
Year: 2017, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 189–202
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theravada / Belief in spirits / Possession
Further subjects:B Spirit Possession
B Theravada Buddhism
B historical turn
B Practice Theory
B anthropology of Buddhism
B critique of culture
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