Ongoing debates about the “return of religion” have paid little attention to the orgiastic and enthusiastic qualities of religiosity, despite a significant increase in the use of techniques of trance and possession around the globe. Likewise, research on religion and media has neglected the fact that historically the rise of mediumship and spirit possession was closely linked to the development of new media of communication. This innovative volume brings together a wide range of ethnographic studies on local spiritual and media practices. Recognizing that processes of globalization are shaped by mass mediation, the volume raises questions such as: How are media like photography, cinema, video, the telephone, or television integrated in seances and healing rituals? How do spirit mediums connect with these media? Why are certain technical media shunned in these contexts?
Описание: This edited volume applies the analytic notions of paradox and play to the ethnographic manifestation of spirits, angels, and demons in different locations around the world. The 10 case studies conceptualize the co-presence of humans and entities with terms that do not exclude spiritual reasoning on the one hand, and social explanations on the other. Through in-depth descriptions of localized possession cosmologies, the different chapters collectively propose path-breaking methodological directions in this field, which incorporate ethnographic theories of simultaneity into anthropological theories of religion, kinship, and ritual.
Framed by an introduction written by the editors and an afterword by Michael Lambek, a leading authority in possessions studies, the volume contains cutting edge analyses that will provide readers with new tools to evaluate previously unstudied aspects of spirit possession; all of which stem from the fantastic forms of human movement that accompany the phenomenality of paradoxes in mundane reality.
Автор: Davies, Stevan L. Название: Spirit possession and the origins of christianity ISBN: 1906834288 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781906834289 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6207.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Название: The Devil`s Children ISBN: 1138376345 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138376342 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 8114.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: A number of cases of serious child abuse have resulted from beliefs that children may be possessed by evil spirits and may then be given the power to bewitch others. Misfortune, failure, illness and even death may be blamed on them. The 'cure', nowadays called deliverance rather than exorcism, is to expel the spirits, sometimes by violent means. This book draws together contributions on aspects of possession and witchcraft from leading academics and expert practitioners in the field. It has been put together following conferences held by Inform, a charity that provides accurate information on new religions as a public service. There is no comparable information publicly available; this book is the first of its kind. Eileen Barker, founder of 'Inform', introduces the subject and Inform's deputy director goes on to detail the requests the charity has answered in recent years on the subject of children, possession and witchcraft. This book offers an invaluable resource for readers, whether academic or practitioner - particularly those in the fields of the safeguarding of children, and their education, health and general welfare.
Описание: Originally published in 1978 Spirit Possession and Spirit Mediumship in Africa and Afro-America is a diverse and comprehensive bibliography on published works containing ethnographic data on spirit possession and spirit mediumship in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and in some Afro-American communities.
Описание: Originally published in 1978 Spirit Possession and Spirit Mediumship in Africa and Afro-America is a diverse and comprehensive bibliography on published works containing ethnographic data on spirit possession and spirit mediumship in North and Sub-Saharan Africa and in some Afro-American communities.
Автор: Stoller, Paul Название: Embodying Colonial Memories ISBN: 0415908779 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780415908771 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 7195.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Fontaine, Jean La Название: The Devil`s Children ISBN: 0754667332 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780754667339 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 22968.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Lum, Kenneth Anthony Название: Praising His Name In The Dance ISBN: 9057026104 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789057026102 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 20671.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Lim, Alvin Eng Hui (national University Of Singapore) Название: Digital spirits in religion and media ISBN: 0815393326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780815393320 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 24499.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In many contemporary and popular forms of religious practice, digital technology and the spiritual are inseparable. By offering the notion of `digital spirits`, this book critically attends to the intersections of digital media and spiritual beings.
Автор: Uszkalo Название: Bewitched and Bedeviled ISBN: 1137512245 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137512246 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 9781.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Narratives of possession have survived in early English medical and philosophical treatises. Using ideas derived from cognitive science, this study moves through the stages of possession and exorcism to describe how the social, religious, and medical were internalized to create the varied manifestations of demon possession in early modern England.
Описание: Explores the issues of exorcism and demonic possession and its meaning on this new twentieth century. The author presents leading experts in the field of mental health, sociologists and theology which face off the classic battle royale of science versus religion and good versus evil.
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