Religion in Context Cults and Charisma

Name: Religion in Context Cults and Charisma
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ISBN: 9780521566346

ISBN-10: 0521566347

ISBN-13: 9780521566346

Edition: 2nd 1996

Authors: I. M. Lewis

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Religious power assumes different forms which are often regarded as unique, unrelated, and even mutually exclusive. This book, however, argues that these apparently contradictory mystical experiences are part of a web of mutually defining elements.

Book details

List price: $54.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 4/18/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Anthropological fieldwork and the context of belief



The spirit spider and the pangolin



Possession cults in context



Witchcraft within and without



The cannibal's cauldron



The shaman's career



Expelling spirits, controlling women



The power of the past: African "survivals" in Islam


Notes


Bibliography


Index