Powers of good and evil : moralities, commodities, and popular belief /: moralities, commodities, and popular belief. (2001)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Paul Clough and Jon. P [i.e. Jon P.] Mitchell.
• Other Names: Clough, Paul, 1948-; Mitchell, Jon P
• Contents: Dangerous creatures and the enchantment of modern life -- Witchcraft and new forms of wealth: regional variations in south and West Cameroon -- The Devil, santanism and the evil eye in contemporary Malta -- 'You Devil, go away from me!' Pentecostalist African Christianity and the powers of good and evil -- Modernity, crisis and the rise of charismatic Catholicism in the Maltese Islands -- Good, evil and godhood: Mormon morality in the material world -- The state and the empire of evil -- The iconography of evil in Maltese art.
• Publisher Details: New York : Berghahn Books
• Publication Date: 2001
• Extent: 1 online resource (vii, 256 pages), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 306.4; Ethnophilosophy; Philosophical anthropology; Belief and doubt; Good and evil; Social change; Ethnophilosophie; Anthropologie philosophique; Croyance et doute; Mal; Bien; Changement social; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Belief and doubt; Ethnophilosophy; Good and evil; Philosophical anthropology; Social change; Het Kwaad; Volksgeloof; Sociale verandering; Das Gute; Das Böse; Kulturanthropologie; Aufsatzsammlung; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782387565; 1782387560
• Related ISBNs: 1571819924; 9781571819925; 1571813136; 9781571813138
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.