Pentecostalism and Witchcraft Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melane
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
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Pentecostalism and Witchcraft Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia EDITED BY KNUT RIO, MICHELLE MacCARTHY, RUY BLANES
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
Series editors Don Seeman Department of Religion Emory University Atlanta, GA, USA Tulasi Srinivas Department of Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies Emerson College Boston, MA, USA
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion is the official book series of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion, a section of the American Anthropological Association. Books in the series explore a variety of issues relating to current theoretical or comparative issues in the study of religion. These include the relation between religion and the body, social memory, gender, ethnoreligious violence, globalization, m odernity, and multiculturalism, among others. Recent historical events have suggested that religion plays a central role in the contemporary world, and Contemporary Anthropology of Religion provides a crucial forum for the expansion of our understanding of religion globally. More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/14916
Knut Rio · Michelle MacCarthy · Ruy Blanes Editors
Pentecostalism and Witchcraft Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia
Editors Knut Rio University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
Ruy Blanes University of Bergen Bergen, Norway
Michelle MacCarthy University of Bergen Bergen, Hordaland Fylke Norway
Contemporary Anthropology of Religion ISBN 978-3-319-56067-0 ISBN 978-3-319-56068-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-56068-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017940340 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017. This book is an open access publication. Open Access This book is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this book are included in the book’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the book’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect
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