A Brazilian Challenge to Lewis's Explanation of Cult Mediumship
Recruitment into peripheral possession trance cults has been explained as attempts to compensate for socio-economic deprivation and jural impotence. This model, best developed by I. M. Lewis, is reviewed and its predictions are tested against two types of Brazilian data. Firstly, national census fig...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2000]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2000, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 361-377 |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |