Pentecostalism and Witchcraft - Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer International Publishing AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Release date:	August 2018
First published:	2017
Editors:	Knut Rio • Michelle MacCarthy • Ruy Blanes
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	311
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
ISBN-13:	978-3-319-85819-7
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General > General Books > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches
LSN:	3-319-85819-X
Barcode:	9783319858197

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