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Summoning the Spirits: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Religion
Dawson Andrew Edit
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Description for Summoning the Spirits: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Religion
Paperback. Comprehensive undergraduate textbook, the first of its kind to offer a thorough overview of the fascinating and multifaceted subject of spirit possession. Avoiding technical jargon and abstruse theorising, the book offers a representative snapshot of the way the topic is being treated by academics across the world. Editor(s): Dawson, Andrew. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRAC; HRLB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
Charismatic visions and the role of mediums; possession ceremonies and ecstatic trance; the social contexts and practices of invocation: these are a number of the intriguing topics addressed by this comprehensive undergraduate textbook, the first of its kind to offer a thorough overview of the fascinating and multifaceted subject of spirit possession. The subject is now widely studied in a number of fields - including religion, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies - and for some time there has been a need for a book which offers a multicultural, multi-thematic treatment which can satisfy growing demand and form the basis of ... Read more
Charismatic visions and the role of mediums; possession ceremonies and ecstatic trance; the social contexts and practices of invocation: these are a number of the intriguing topics addressed by this comprehensive undergraduate textbook, the first of its kind to offer a thorough overview of the fascinating and multifaceted subject of spirit possession. The subject is now widely studied in a number of fields - including religion, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies - and for some time there has been a need for a book which offers a multicultural, multi-thematic treatment which can satisfy growing demand and form the basis of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848851627
SKU
V9781848851627
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About Dawson Andrew Edit
Andrew Dawson is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He is the author of 'New Era - New Religions: Religious Transformation in Contemporary Brazil' (2007) and 'The Emergence and Impact of the Base Ecclesial Community and Liberative Theological Discourse in Brazil' (1998).
Reviews for Summoning the Spirits: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Religion
'An indispensable resource for anyone interested in the nearly universal human desire to establish direct contact with unseen powers and forces, however understood.' - Michael F. Brown, Professor of Anthropology, Williams College, Massachusetts; 'Richly nuanced and wide-ranging, yet sharply focused.' - Susan J. Rasmussen, Professor of Anthropology, University of Houston