The Religious Imagination in New Guinea |
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| Editor:
| Herdt, Gilbert |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-1458-1 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 1989 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $20.00 |
Book Description:
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Explores various expressions of religious fervour such as shamanism, trances, possession, witchcraft and cult activity. Using cultural anthropology and psychoanalysis as a base, the contributors ask how religious imagination connects concepts of the self to ideas of the sacred.
Explores various expressions of religious fervour such as shamanism, trances, possession, witchcraft and cult activity. Using cultural anthropology and psychoanalysis as a base, the contributors ask how religious imagination connects concepts of the self to ideas of the sacred.