Pentecostalism and Witchcraft: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia-where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presenc...

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Contributors: MacCarthy, Michelle (Editor) ; Blanes, Ruy (Editor) ; Rio, Knut (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2017
In:Year: 2017
Series/Journal:Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
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Springer eBook Collection Social Sciences
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Charismatic movement / Belief in witches
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
KDG Free church
Further subjects:B Ethnology Africa
B Ethnography
B Ethnology-Africa
B Religion and sociology
B Social Sciences
B Pentecostalism
B Ethnology
B Evangelicalism
B Culture
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Printed edition: 9783319560670