Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession / Edition 3

by I.M. Lewis

Overview

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415301244
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/12/2002
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	212
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface to the third edition, 1. TOWARDS A SOCIOLOGY OF ECSTASY, 2. TRANCE AND POSSESSION, 3. AFFLICTION AND ITS APOTHEOSIS, 4. STRATEGIES OF MYSTICAL ATTACK: PROTEST AND ITS CONTAINMENT, 5. POSSESSION AND PUBLIC MORALITY — I ANCESTOR CULTS, 6. POSSESSION AND PUBLIC MORALITY — II OTHER COSMOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, 7. POSSESSION AND PSYCHIATRY, Bibliography, Index

Editorial Reviews

'Well presented and ingeniously argued...in this excellent book there is much that is lively, sometimes even comic. Not only is Ecstatic Religion well written and lucid, but it states a case with vigour and is quite devoid of jargon.' - Times Literary Supplement on Ecstatic Religion: First Edition.

'This book is a fascinating study of the subkject from a variety of view points ... the author writes with intelligent insight and offers some thought-provoking questions.'

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