The dynamic cosmos : movement, paradox, and experimentation in the anthropology of spirit possession /: movement, paradox, and experimentation in the anthropology of spirit possession. (2022)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Diana Espírito Santo, Matan Shapiro.
• Editors: Espirito Santo, Diana; Shapiro, Matan
• Contents: INTRODUCTION. Possession & paradox. Matan Shapiro & Diana Espírito Santo1. Angels and demons: notes on kinship and exorcism at an Ethiopian orthodox shrine. Diego Malara, University of Glasgow 2. Spirit possessions, racial dispossessions: the second diaspora of race in Afro-Cuban religious experience. Anastasios Panagiotopoulos, University of Lisbon3. Between possessor and possessed. J. Brent Crosson, University of Texas, Austin 4. Beyond paradoxography: spirit possession and animist collectivity in Thailand´s Lower Northeast. Benjamin Baumann, Heidelberg University. 5. Waiting for the deities: spirit possession in the middle voice. Miho Ishii, Kyoto University6. The motion-power of the collective, or, how spirits 'come into view' in Cuba. Diana Espírito Santo, Pontificia Universidad Católica Chile7. (En)spirited pedagogy: learning and simultaneity in Pentecostalism. Bruno Reinhardt, Federal University of Santa Catarina8. A theory of passage: paradox and neo-Pentecostal expulsion of demons in Brazil. Matan Shapiro, University of Stavanger9. The threshold of the cosmos: priestly scriptures and shamanic wilderness in Southwest China. Katherine Swancutt, King's College London10. The Mormon dead. Jon Bialecki, University of Edinburgh11. On the existence of witches, or, how anthropology works. Marcio Goldman, Federal University of Rio de JaneiroAFTERWORD. Michael Lambek, University of TorontBIBLIOGRAPHYINDEX.
• Publisher Details: London : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2022
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 204.2; Spirit possession -- Cross-cultural studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781350299344; 9781350299337
• Related ISBNs: 9781350298859
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