Mind Possessed - The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro Brazilian Religious

Zusatztext The Mind Possessed should be required reading for scholars of religion and for anthropologists interested in spirit beliefs and their role in social organization. Informationen zum Autor Emma Cohen is a Researcher at the School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, Oxford Klappentext This timely book presents new lines of enquiry for the cognitive science of religion (a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary scholarship) and challenges the theoretical frameworks within which spirit possession practices have traditionally been understood. Zusammenfassung This timely book presents new lines of enquiry for the cognitive science of religion (a rapidly growing field of interdisciplinary scholarship) and challenges the theoretical frameworks within which spirit possession practices have traditionally been understood.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Emma Cohen, Emma (Post-Doctoral Researcher in the Compa Cohen, Emma (post-doctoral researcher in the Comparative Cognitive Anthropology Research Group Cohen, Emma E. A. Cohen, Emma E. A. (Research Assistant Cohen
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 23.08.2007
• EAN: 9780195323351
• ISBN: 978-0-19-532335-1
• Seiten: 256
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Religion/Theologie > Weitere Religionen; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, Psychology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, Alternative belief systems, Alternative belief systems and spiritual worldviews