| Collation |
viii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Library of modern religion ; 15 |
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Library of modern religion ; 15.
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| Bibliog. |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-221) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: possession and invocation in contemporary context / Andrew Dawson -- I: Possessing the present: local negotiations of transnational processes -- Local spirits/multicultural rituals: the dynamics of place and identity in Vietnamese-American spirit possession rituals / Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen Thi Hien -- Embodied spirit(s) and charismatic power among Congolese migrants in London / David Garbin -- Spirits and slaves in Central Sudan / Susan M. Kenyon -- Gendered dynamics of the divine: trance and possession practices in diaspora Hindu sites in East London / Ann R. David -- II: Taking possession of the spirit: relational selves and supernatural others -- Process personhood and possession in Cuban spiritism / Diana Espirito Santo -- Embodiment and the metaphysics of virgin birth in South India: a case study / Gillian Goslinga -- Ta(l)king possession: exchanging words and worlds among charismatic Christians / Simon Coleman -- III: Possession and invocation in late-modern contexts -- Spirit, self and society in the Brazilian new religion of Santo Daime / Andrew Dawson -- Imagining spirit possession: mixing traditions and current trends in the Japanese Manga Shaman King / Birgit Staemmler -- The ontology of good and evil: spirit possession in contemporary witchcraft and paganism / Douglas Ezzy. |
| Note |
Gift of the Estate of Norman Wilkinson. |
| Subject |
Spirit possession.
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Demoniac possession.
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Exorcism.
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| Alt Author |
Dawson, Andrew, 1966-
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| ISBN |
9781848851627 |
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1848851626 |
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9781848851610 |
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1848851618 |
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