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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 focused modules in the area. Summoning the Spirits meets that requirement. 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. Its subject range, too, is global, covering such topics as Venda possession in South Africa; the Cuban practice of espiritismo (or mediumship) in Cuba; spirit possession in the Brazilian new religion of Santo Daime; invocation and divine possession amongst Wiccans; and different expressions of spirit domination in Charismatic Christianity. Analysing themes which recur from context to context (such as agency and meaning, power and gender, cultural hybridism, and globalisation), an international team of contributors presents a variety of novel and challenging approaches. This is the ideal starting-point for students looking for a way into the subject.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Context ANDREW DAWSON Part One: Possessing the Present: Local Negotiations of Transnational Processes 1 Local Spirits/Multicultural Rituals: The Dynamics of Place and Identity in Vietnamese-American Spirit Possession Rituals KAREN FJELSTAD AND NGUYEN THI HIEN 2 Embodied Spirit(s) and Charismatic Power among Congolese Migrants in London DAVID GARBIN 3 Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan SUSAN M. KENYON 4 Trance and Possession Practices in Diaspora Hindu Sites in East London ANN R. DAVID Part Two: Taking Possession of the Spirit: Relational Selves and Supernatural Others 5 Process, Personhood and Possession in Cuban Spiritism DIANA ESPIRITO SANTO 6 Embodiment and the Metaphysics of Virgin Birth in South India: A Case Study GILLIAN GOSLINGA 7 Ta(l)king Possession: Exchanging Words and Worlds among Charismatic Christians SIMON COLEMAN Part Three: Possession and Invocation in Late-Modern Contexts 8 Spirit, Self and Society in the Brazilian New Religion of Santo Daime ANDREW DAWSON 9 Imagining Spirit Possession: Mixing Traditions and Current Trends in the Japanese Manga Shaman King BIRGIT STAEMMLER 10 The Ontology of Good and Evil: Spirit Possession in Contemporary Witchcraft and Paganism DOUGLAS EZZY

About the Author :
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).

Review :
'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


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781848851610
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: I.B. Tauris
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 240
  • Sub Title: Possession and Invocation in Contemporary Religion
  • ISBN-10: 1848851618
  • Publisher Date: 30 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 156 mm


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