ISBN:
0521562341
,
0521566347
Language:
English
Pages:
XV, 198 S.
,
22 cm
Edition:
2. ed.
Uniform Title:
Religion in context
DDC:
306.6
Keywords:
Religion and sociology
;
Cults
;
Religions
;
Witchcraft
;
Cannibalism
;
Shamanism
;
Cults
;
Religions
;
Witchcraft
;
Cannibalism
;
Shamanism
;
Anthropology
;
Ethnische Religion
;
Geistheilung
;
Schamanismus
;
Anthropologie
;
Religion
;
Kult
;
Schamanismus
;
Kannibalismus
;
Hexerei
Description / Table of Contents:
Anthropological fieldwork and the context of belief -- The spirit spider and the pangolin -- Possession cults in context -- Witchcraft within and without -- The cannibal's cauldron -- The shaman's career -- Expelling spirits, controlling women -- The power of the past: African "survivals" in Islam.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-189) and index. - Previous ed.: 1986
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