Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship In Africa And Afro America
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Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship In Africa And Afro America
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Author : Irving I. Zaretsky
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-19
Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship In Africa And Afro America written by Irving I. Zaretsky and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-19 with Religion categories.
Originally published in 1978 Spirit Possession and Spirit Mediumship in Africa and Afro-America is an incredibly diverse and comprehensive bibliography on published works containing ethnographic data on, and analysis of, spirit possession and spirit mediumship in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and in some Afro-American communities in the Western Hemisphere. The sources on Western Afro-American communities were chosen to shed light on the African continent and the Americas. The bibliography, while not exhaustive, provides extensive research on the area of research in spiritualism in Africa and Afro-America. The bibliography also provides unique sources on spirit cults, ritual or ethnic groups and will be of especial interest to researchers. Although published in the late 70s, this book will still provide an incredibly useful research tool for academics in the area of religion, with a focus on spiritualism and non-western religions.
Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship In Africa And Afro America
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Author : Irving Zaretsky
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1978
Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship In Africa And Afro America written by Irving Zaretsky and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Spiritualism categories.
Spirit Mediumship And Society In Africa
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Author : John Beattie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Spirit Mediumship And Society In Africa written by John Beattie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Social Science categories.
Gathering together under a single cover material from a wide range of African societies, this volume allows similarities and differences to be easily perceived and suggests social correlates of these in terms of age, sex, marital status, social grading and wealth. It includes material on both traditional and modern cults.
Ceremonial Spirit Possession In Africa And Afro America
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Author : Sheila S. Walker
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1972-01-01
Ceremonial Spirit Possession In Africa And Afro America written by Sheila S. Walker and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
Ceremonial Spirit Possession In Africa And Afro America
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Author : Sheila S. Walker
language : en
Publisher: Brill Archive
Release Date : 1973
Ceremonial Spirit Possession In Africa And Afro America written by Sheila S. Walker and has been published by Brill Archive this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Philosophy categories.
Ceremonial Spirit Possession In Africa And Afro America
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Author : Walker
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2023-11-27
Ceremonial Spirit Possession In Africa And Afro America written by Walker and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-11-27 with Religion categories.
Spirit Possession Modernity Power In Africa
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Author : Heike Behrend
language : en
Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press
Release Date : 1999
Spirit Possession Modernity Power In Africa written by Heike Behrend and has been published by Univ of Wisconsin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Cults categories.
In Africa as well as in Europe, many spirits and their mediums are part of local as well as global cultures. Christian spirits named Hitler, Mussolini, or King Bruce (Bruce Lee) flourish in a pantheon of new holy spirits in Uganda waging war against the government. Spirits of airplanes, engines, guitars, and angels are found in Central Africa; and thunder, snakes, and rain as well as playboys and prostitutes inhabit the spirit world in West Africa. Spirit possession cults have continued to proliferate, even in the secular West, and continue to be a subject of intense interest. Despite the continuous expansion of the field, some problems are only now beginning to be explored. The experts in this volume focus on questions of power, the history and inner dynamics of cults, the role of gender and images of the other, based on research conducted during the last fifteen years in Africa. The contributors document changes taking place across the continent as possession beliefs and practices respond to new circumstances and address the shifting local implications of an increasingly global socio-economy. Gender, ethnicity, and class are examined as intersecting forces and features of spirit phenomena. The case studies presented are richly contextualized: history, social organization and upheaval, alternative religious options--all are considered relevant to an understanding of possession forms. Contributors: Leslie Sharp, Heike Behrend, Adeline Masquelier, Mathias Krings, Jean-Paul Colleyn, Alexandra O. de Sousa, Susan Kenyon, Tobias Wendl, Ute Luig, and Linda Giles Co-published with James Currey Publishers, U.K. The Wisconsin edition is not for sale in the United Kingdon, the traditional British Commonwealth (excepting Canada), nor in Europe.
Bibliography On Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
Bibliography On Spirit Possession And Spirit Mediumship written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Occultism categories.
The Mind Possessed
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Author : Emma Cohen
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-08-09
The Mind Possessed written by Emma Cohen and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-09 with Social Science categories.
The cognitive science of religion has made a persuasive case for the view that a number of different psychological systems are involved in the construction and transmission of notions of extranatural agency such as deities and spirits. Until now this work has been based largely on findings in experimental psychology, illustrated mainly with hypothetical or anecdotal examples. In The Mind Possessed, Emma Cohen considers how the psychological systems undergirding spirit concepts are activated in real-world settings. Spirit possession practices have long had a magnetizing effect on academic researchers but there have been few, if any, satisfactory theoretical treatments of spirit possession that attempt to account for its emergence and spread globally. Drawing on ethnographic data collected during eighteen months of fieldwork in Belém, northern Brazil, Cohen combines fine-grained descriptions and analyses of mediumistic activities in an Afro-Brazilian cult house with a scientifically-grounded explanation for the emergence and spread of ideas about spirits, possession and healing. Cohen shows why spirit possession and its associated activities are inherently attention-grabbing. Making a radical departure from traditional anthropological, medicalist and sociological analyses, she argues that a cognitive approach offers more precise and testable hypotheses concerning the spread and appeal of spirit concepts and possession activities. This timely book presents new lines of enquiry for the cognitive science of religion (a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary scholarship) and challenges the theoretical frameworks within which spirit possession practices have traditionally been understood.
Possessed By The Spirits
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Author : Karen Fjelstad
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Possessed By The Spirits written by Karen Fjelstad and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Social Science categories.
The essays in this volume examine the resurgence of the Mother Goddess religion among contemporary Vietnamese following the economic "Renovation" period in Vietnam. Anthropologists explore the forces that compel individuals to become mediums and the social repercussions of their decisions and interactions.