| Pentecostalism and Witchcraft: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia Contributor(s): Rio, Knut (Editor), MacCarthy, Michelle (Editor), Blanes, Ruy (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3319560670 ISBN-13: 9783319560670 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $29.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Social Science | Sociology Of Religion - Religion | Christianity - Pentecostal & Charismatic |
| Dewey: 201.7 |
| Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5.83" W x 8.27" (1.18 lbs) 311 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Cultural Region - African - Cultural Region - Oceania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |