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Autore: |
Goodman Felicitas D
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Titolo: |
How about demons? : possession and exorcism in the modern world / / Felicitas D. Goodman
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Pubblicazione: | Bloomington, [Indiana] ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 1988 |
©1988 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (165 p.) |
Disciplina: | 291.2/16 |
Soggetto topico: | Demoniac possession |
Exorcism | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Includes index. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
Sommario/riassunto: | ""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, |
Titolo autorizzato: | How About Demons? ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-253-01462-X |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910453550603321 |
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