Pentecostalism and Witchcraft : Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

Pentecostalism and Witchcraft Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

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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 presenc...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Rio, Knut. editor (editor), MacCarthy, Michelle. editor, Blanes, Ruy. editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan 2017
2017.
Edición:1st ed. 2017.
Colección:Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Materias:
Ethnology.
Ethnography.
Evangelicalism.
Religion and sociology.
Ethnology > Africa.
Social Anthropology.
Evangelicalism and Pentecostalism.
Religion and Society.
African Culture.
Holy Spirit
charismatic Christianity
indigenous Pentecostal movements
evangelism
demonology
ethnography
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Sumario: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. .
Descripción Física:1 online resource (XI, 311 p.)
ISBN:9783319560687

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