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Contemporary Anthropology of Religion

Contemporary Anthropology of Religion: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

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Contemporary Anthropology of Religion: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

Rio, Knut; MacCarthy, Michelle; Blanes, Ruy

This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia—where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presence of witches, demons, and sorcerers as manifestations of evil. We learn how this is articulated in spiritual warfare, in crusades, and in healing or witch-killing raids. The contributors highlight what happens to phenomena that people address as locally specific witchcraft or sorcery when re-molded within the universalist Pentecostal demonology, vocabulary, and confrontational methodology. 

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2018-08-23

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319858197

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-56068-7

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 311

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