Summoning the spirits: possession and invocation in contemporary religion
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 fasci...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Veröffentlicht: |
London
I. B. Tauris
2011
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| In: | Jahr: 2011 |
| Schriftenreihe/Zeitschrift: | Library of modern religion
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| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Besessenheitskult
/ Okkultismus
/ Neue Religion
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| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Spirits
B Evocation |
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| Parallele Ausgabe: | Nicht-Elektronisch
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1848851618 |