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Goodman Felicitas D |
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How about demons? : possession and exorcism in the modern world / / Felicitas D. Goodman |
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Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 1988 |
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©1988 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (165 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Demoniac possession |
Exorcism |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; FOREWORD; PREFACE; Chapter 1 Possession's Many Faces; Chapter 2 Spiritualism; Chapter 3 Healing in Umbanda; Chapter 4 Pentecostalism: A New Force in Christendom; Chapter 5 The Dangerous Spirits of Japan; Chapter 6 The Multiple Personality Experience and Demonic Possession; Chapter 7 The Ghosts That Kill; Chapter 8 A Legion of Demons; Chapter 9 Two Recent Cases of Demonic Possession; Conclusion How about Demons--and Other Spirits?; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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""Quite an interesting book... "" -Religious Studies Review""It is by far superior to anything else on demons we have seen in the past few years."" -The American Rationalist""... Goodman is to be commended for a stimulating and wide-reaching treatment of a compelling and much-debated subject."" -Journal of Folklore ResearchRich in detail derived from the author's fieldwork and the anthropological literature, this work paints a picture of possession as one of the usually positive and most widespread of human religious experiences. It also details the ritual of exorcism, |
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