An Author Meets Her Critics: Around "The Mind Possessed: The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition" by Emma Cohen
"Why spirits?" asks Emma Cohen (97)—why are concepts of intentional and agentive supernatural beings such as spirits and gods so prevalent cross-culturally? What makes them appealing, contagious, and lasting? And what kinds of assumptions about the world and its workings do they entail and...
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| Language: | English |
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Berghahn
[2010]
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Religion and society
Year: 2010, Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Pages: 164-176 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |