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245 00 a| Spirit possession and communication in religious and cultural contextsh| [electronic resource] /c| edited by Caroline Blyth.;

260 a| Abingdon, Oxon ;a| New York :b| Routledge,c| 2021.;

263 a| 2011;

300 a| pages cm;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Spirit possession in the Bible / Anne Aalbers -- Mental illness and demon possession : reading the New Testament / Anastasia Scrutton -- The ghosts of the past are the demons of the present : evangelical third wave deliverance as a gothic therapeutic / Sean McCloud -- Ulu��isino : divine possession and the legitimation of temporal agency in late preChristian Tonga / Andy Mills -- Spirit mediumism in Shaanbei, North-Central China / Adam Yuet Chau and LIU Jianshu -- Keeping it in the family : ancestral talkback on Tak¿± / Richard Moyle -- Even demons cooperate : imitation and conceptual convergence in possession narratives / Karen Dwyer -- How demons speak : the voice of demonic possession / Kirsty Rowan -- Spirit possession as a source of knowledge / Gregory W. Dawes.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Spirit Possession and Communication in Religious and Cultural Contexts explores the phenomenon of spirit possession, focusing on the religious and cultural functions it serves as a means of communication. Drawing on the multidisciplinary expertise of philosophers, anthropologists, historians, linguists, and scholars of religion and the Bible, the volume investigates the ways that spirit possession narratives, events, and rituals are often interwoven around communicative acts, both between spiritual and earthly realms and between members of a community. This book offers fresh insight into the enduring cultural and religious significance of spirit possession. It will be an important resource for scholars from a diverse range of disciplines, including religion, anthropology, history, linguistics, and philosophy"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Spirit possession and communication in religious and cultural contexts / edited by Caroline Blyth.

Other author	Blyth, Caroline, 1967-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2021.
Description	pages cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Taylor & Francis eBooks
Subjects	Spirit possession. Spiritualism.

Contents	Spirit possession in the Bible / Anne Aalbers -- Mental illness and demon possession : reading the New Testament / Anastasia Scrutton -- The ghosts of the past are the demons of the present : evangelical third wave deliverance as a gothic therapeutic / Sean McCloud -- Ulu��isino : divine possession and the legitimation of temporal agency in late preChristian Tonga / Andy Mills -- Spirit mediumism in Shaanbei, North-Central China / Adam Yuet Chau and LIU Jianshu -- Keeping it in the family : ancestral talkback on Tak¿± / Richard Moyle -- Even demons cooperate : imitation and conceptual convergence in possession narratives / Karen Dwyer -- How demons speak : the voice of demonic possession / Kirsty Rowan -- Spirit possession as a source of knowledge / Gregory W. Dawes.
Abstract	"Spirit Possession and Communication in Religious and Cultural Contexts explores the phenomenon of spirit possession, focusing on the religious and cultural functions it serves as a means of communication. Drawing on the multidisciplinary expertise of philosophers, anthropologists, historians, linguists, and scholars of religion and the Bible, the volume investigates the ways that spirit possession narratives, events, and rituals are often interwoven around communicative acts, both between spiritual and earthly realms and between members of a community. This book offers fresh insight into the enduring cultural and religious significance of spirit possession. It will be an important resource for scholars from a diverse range of disciplines, including religion, anthropology, history, linguistics, and philosophy"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2020034324
ISBN	9780367340773 (hardback)
ISBN	(ebook)

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