Religion in context : cults and charisma / I.M. Lewis
1996, Second Edition. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #444247
ISBN: 0521566347
Physical description; xv, 198 pages ; 22 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-189) and index. Contents; Anthropological fieldwork and the context of belief -- The spirit spider and the pangolin -- Possession cults in context -- Witchcraft within and without -- The cannibal's cauldron -- The shaman's career -- Expelling spirits, controlling women -- The power of the past: African "survivals" in Islam. Subjects; Cults. Religions. Witchcraft. Cannibalism. Shamanism. Anthropology.
Price: €28.00