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Juxtaposes case studies from Melanesia and Africa in order to better compare, contrast, and illuminate the effects of and engagements with Pentecostalism
Focuses on chief themes of Pentecostalism and witchcraft while also bringing in discussions of globalization, visibility, movements of capital, and embodiment
Presents rich and detailed case studies while also offering up wide-ranging theoretical analyses and critiques of established thinking/concepts
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion (CAR)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Keywords
- Charismatic Christianity
- Holy Spirit
- Pentecostal witchcraft
- Pentecostal movements
- pentecostalisation
- demonology
- Pentecostal demonology
- ethnography
- Papua New Guinea
- Vanuatu
- Congo
- Mozambique
- Tanzania
- indigenous Pentecostal movements
- Christian evangelism
- sorcery
- Oceania
- Open Access
- religion and society
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Editors and Affiliations
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University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
Knut Rio, Michelle MacCarthy, Ruy Blanes
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pentecostalism and Witchcraft
Book Subtitle: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia
Editors: Knut Rio, Michelle MacCarthy, Ruy Blanes
Series Title: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56068-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
License: CC BY
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-56067-0Published: 10 November 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85819-7Published: 23 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-56068-7Published: 29 October 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 311
Topics: Sociocultural Anthropology, Ethnography, Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism, Sociology of Religion, African Culture