
The Mind Possessed
The Cognition of Spirit Possession in an Afro-Brazilian Religious Tradition
By: Emma Cohen
Paperback | 15 December 2011
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Spirit possession practices have long had a magnetizing effect on academic researchers but there have been few, if any, satisfactory theoretical treatments of spirit possession that attempt to account for its emergence and spread globally. Drawing on ethnographic data collected during eighteen months of fieldwork in Belem, northern Brazil, Cohen combines fine-grained descriptions and analyses of mediumistic activities in an Afro-Brazilian cult house with a scientifically-grounded explanation for the emergence and spread of ideas about spirits, possession and healing.
Cohen shows why spirit possession and its associated activities are inherently attention-grabbing. Making a radical departure from traditional anthropological, medicalist, and sociological analyses, she argues that a cognitive approach offers more precise and testable hypotheses concerning the spread and appeal of spirit concepts and possession activities.
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.
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ISBN: 9780199767441
ISBN-10: 0199767440
Published: 15th December 2011
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publisher: Oxford University Press USA
Country of Publication: GB
Dimensions (cm): 15.5 x 23.1 x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.36
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- Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsReligionHistory of Religion
- Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsOther Non-Christian ReligionsTribal Religions
- Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsAlternative Belief SystemsOccult Studies
- Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsAspects of Religion for Non-ChristiansReligious Institutions & Organisations
- Non-FictionSociety & CultureSocial GroupsSocial & Cultural Aspects of Religious Groups
- Non-FictionPsychologyCognition & Cognitive Psychology
- Non-FictionSociology & AnthropologyAnthropology
- Non-FictionReligion & BeliefsAlternative Belief Systems