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Pentecostalism and Witchcraft: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia
Knut Rio (Ed.)
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Hardback. Editor(s): Rio, Knut; MacCarthy, Michelle; Blanes, Ruy. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: biography. BIC Classification: HRAM; HRCC9; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia-where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presence of witches, demons, and sorcerers as manifestations of evil. We learn how this is articulated in spiritual warfare, in crusades, and in healing or witch-killing raids. The contributors highlight what happens to phenomena that people address as locally specific witchcraft or sorcery when re-molded within the universalist Pentecostal demonology, vocabulary, and confrontational methodology.
This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia-where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presence of witches, demons, and sorcerers as manifestations of evil. We learn how this is articulated in spiritual warfare, in crusades, and in healing or witch-killing raids. The contributors highlight what happens to phenomena that people address as locally specific witchcraft or sorcery when re-molded within the universalist Pentecostal demonology, vocabulary, and confrontational methodology.
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
311
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319560670
SKU
V9783319560670
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About Knut Rio (Ed.)
Knut Rio is Professor of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen, Norway Michelle MacCarthy is a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Bergen, Norway Ruy Blanes is a Ramon y Cajal fellow at the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas in Spain
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