| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introducing possession -- Historical and ethnographic setting -- The research community -- Describing, interpreting, and explaining spirit possession -- Medicalist, physiological, and sociological explanations -- Spirits as concepts -- Observing possession -- The social relevance of spirits -- Explaining distributions of spirit concepts and spirit possession |
| Summary |
Illustrated mainly with hypothetical or anecdotal examples, this book considers in detail how the psychological systems undergirding spirit concepts are activated in real-world settings and, specifically, how those concepts can give rise to trance and spirit-possession phenomena |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-236) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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| Subject |
Psychology, Religious.
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Spirit possession -- Brazil
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Afro-Brazilian cults.
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psychology of religion.
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
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Afro-Brazilian cults
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Psychology, Religious
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Spirit possession
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Afrobrasilianischer Kult
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Besessenheit
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Besessenheitskult
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Kognitive Anthropologie
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Religionspsychologie
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Schwarze
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Bezetenheid.
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Geesten.
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Brazil
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Belém -- Region
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Schwärze
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Belém (Brazilië)
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780198043478 |
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0198043473 |
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1435620305 |
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9781435620308 |
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9786611165345 |
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6611165347 |
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1281165344 |
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9781281165343 |
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