Summoning the spirits : possession and invocation in contemporary religion /: possession and invocation in contemporary religion. (2010)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Andrew Dawson.
• Other Names: Dawson, Andrew, 1966-
• Contents: Acknowledgements; Introduction: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Context -- Andrew Dawson; Part I. Possessing the Present: Local Negotiations of Transnational Processes; 1. Local Spirits/Multicultural Rituals: The Dynamics of Place and Identity in Vietnamese-American Spirit Possession Rituals -- Karen Fjelstad and Nguyen; 2. Embodied Spirit(s) and Charismatic Power Among Congolese Migrants in London -- David Garbin; 3. Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan -- Susan M. Kenyon. 4. Gendered Dynamics of the Divine: Trance and Possession Practices in Diaspora Hindu Sites in East London -- Ann R. DavidPart II. Taking Possession of the Spirit: Relational Selves and Supernatural Others; 5. Process, Personhood and Possession in Cuban Spiritism -- Diana Espirito Santo; 6. Embodiment and the Metaphysics of Virgin Birth in South India: A Case Study -- Gillian Goslinga; 7. Ta(l)king Possession: Exchanging Words and Worlds among Charismatic Christians -- Simon Coleman; Part III. Possession and Invocation in Late-Modern Contexts. 8. Spirit, Self and Society in the Brazilian New Religion of Santo Daime -- Andrew Dawson9. Imagining Spirit Possession: Mixing Traditions and Current Trends in the Japanese Manga Shaman King -- Birgit Staemmler; 10. The Ontology of Good and Evil: Spirit Possession in Contemporary Witchcraft and Paganism -- Douglas Ezzy; Notes; Bibliography; List of Contributors; Index.
• Publisher Details: London : I.B. Tauris & Co
• Publication Date: 2010
• Extent: 1 online resource (238 pages)
• Subjects: 202.1; Spirit possession; Demoniac possession; Exorcism; Religion; BODY, MIND & SPIRIT -- Gaia & Earth Energies; RELIGION -- Christianity -- General; RELIGION -- Theology; Demoniac possession; Exorcism; Spirit possession; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780857718761; 0857718762
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
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