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Journal articles on the topic "Spirit possession"

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Badé, Michée. "How to Engage Voluntary Spirit Possession Rituals in Mission: The Case of the Dendi Adorcism Ritual." Journal of Adventist Mission Studies 18, no. 1 (2022): 81–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.32597/jams/vol18/iss1/9.

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Missionaries face unique challenges when confronted with spirit possession rituals. Because not all spirit possessions are regarded as negative in some cultures, some spirit possessions are sought through adorcism rituals. Such spirit possessions are considered advantageous for the individual or the community. Contrasted with exorcism which is to expel or bind troublesome or uninvited entities, adorcism creates or strengthens beneficial ties between the possessed person and the spirits (Openshaw 2020:6). This article seeks to show that the practice of adorcism rituals, as is the case among the
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Tibbs, Clint. "Possession Amnesia." Pneuma 44, no. 1 (2022): 20–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700747-bja10032.

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Abstract The occurrence of possession amnesia—memory loss subsequent to the cessation of possession by a spirit—is chronicled in Akkadian, Greek, early Jewish, and Christian literature. Anthropologists have collected data that witness to the same phenomenon occurring in indigenous cultures. Anthropologists have argued that patterns of experience with certain inexplicable phenomena, such as with spirits, may provide clues for evidence of their existence. This article discusses patterns of possession amnesia that occur cross-culturally and transhistorically as possible evidential support for the
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Otasowie, Matthew Omoruyi. "SPIRIT POSSESSION IN EVANGELISM." International Journal of Culture and Religious Studies 2, no. 1 (2021): 97–113. http://dx.doi.org/10.47941/ijcrs.652.

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Spirit possession is associated with good and bad Spirits. The good spirits comes in loving relationship while the bad is to be cast out. There has been confusion concerning the manner of casting out or healing in the churches. Those who practice it, want to link their practices to the ministry of Jesus. There are frequent testimonies to divine healing at evangelism campaigns, however, there are small number of definite miracles of healing compared to the great numbers who were prayed for. The healing may be termed ‘miraculous’ in the sense of being a wonderful sign of God’s activity. The find
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Stone, Emma Francis. "Incorporating spirit." Body and Religion 1, no. 2 (2017): 185–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/bar.29112.

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 The barrier that separates the spiritual and earthly worlds is paper thin in Brazil. The infusion of the spiritual into the secular manifests in diverse ways, but is perhaps best represented by the prevalence of ritual possession in the region, where the spiritual and material merge. This paper will focus on the phenomenon of ritual possession within Umbanda, an eclectic Afro-Brazilian spiritual tradition. It will first explore existing sociological and socio-functionalist analyses or ritual possession in Brazil, and then argue that there is a need for an analysis that makes sens
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Craffert, Pieter F. "Spirit Possession in Jesus Research." Religion & Theology 25, no. 1-2 (2018): 111–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15743012-02501011.

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Abstract Except for demon possession, possession is a neglected and under-researched topic in New Testament studies in general and Jesus research in particular. That is unlike scholars from other disciplines who realise that spirit possession is a central feature in the emergence and growth of most religious traditions. This article first explains possession as a complex neurocultural phenomenon that is widely distributed in human societies where they fulfil a range of functions. It secondly introduces the anthropological study of possession in order to show that it cannot be invoked uncritica
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Yvonne, Schaffler. "Spirit Possession: Modes and Function." VEN - Viennese Ethnomedicine Newsletter XIV, no. I (2012): 8–16. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.291417.

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In October 2011 I started the project “Spirit Possession: Modes and Function”, a Hertha-Firnberg Grant funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) (T525-G17). The project will last three years and will involve two periods of field research, each with a duration of four months.
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TIBBS, CLINT. "Mediumistic Divine Possession among Early Christians: A Response to Craig S. Keener’s “Spirit Possession as a Cross-cultural Experience”." Bulletin for Biblical Research 26, no. 2 (2016): 173–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/26371648.

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Abstract Craig S. Keener’s article “Spirit Possession as a Cross-cultural Experience” explores the phenomenon of invasive spirit possession in both early Jewish/Christian cultures and modern cultures. His cross-cultural approach makes use of anthropological data on spirit possession as a means to investigate the NT and Greco-Roman data on spirit possession. In this article, I take advantage of Keener’s research into anthropological resources on spirit possession. Whereas Keener’s research shows that early Christians experienced demonic and violent possession, I find that his research can easil
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Szombathy, Zoltán. "Some Notes on Spirit Possession and Islam." Arabist: Budapest Studies in Arabic 23 (2001): 197–210. http://dx.doi.org/10.58513/arabist.2001.23.19.

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This essay explores the phenomenon of cultic activities based on the notion of spirit possession in the Arab world, and the long-standing association of such ideas with Sub-Saharan Africa. It discusses certain key aspects of the syncretistic interplay of Islamic and African cultural elements in these cults, especially the idea of a well-defined pantheon of named spirits, the peculiar gender patterns observable within the cults, the belief that spirits are confined in a distant place during the fasting month, as well as the conscious inclusion of a variety of highly visible symbolic markers of
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Boddy, Janice. "Spirit Possession Revisited: Beyond Instrumentality." Annual Review of Anthropology 23, no. 1 (1994): 407–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1146/annurev.an.23.100194.002203.

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Halloy, Arnaud, and Vlad Naumescu. "Learning Spirit Possession: An Introduction." Ethnos 77, no. 2 (2012): 155–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00141844.2011.618271.

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Spirit possession"

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Pantaleoni, David Armstrong. "High spirited: spirit-work in contemporary China." Thesis, University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1719.

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The People's Republic of China is home to numerous beliefs, practices, and customs dating back hundreds, if not thousands of years. In the time since the death of Mao Zedong, many practices have been revived, including the practice of spirit possession. Through careful examination of books, articles, videos, and other sources, I have come to the conclusion that individuals now capable of being possessed in China are a break from previously documented spirit-mediums, nor do they fit into the category termed `shamans' best defined by Mircea Eliade and I.M. Lewis. These individual are heirs to a
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Shilubane, Paul Xilavi. "The nature and implications of spirit possession among the Tsonga." Thesis, University of Limpopo, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/2395.

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Ncozana, Silas Samuel. "Spirit possession and Tumbuka Christians 1875-1950." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328726.

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Amusan, Samuel. "Music and spirit possession in Yorùbá worship." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2018. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/music-and-spirit-possession-in-yoraba-worship(a1241239-d079-4b2c-aac5-15889fc2a11a).html.

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This is a study of the relationship between music and spirit possession among the Yorùbá of the South-Western part of Nigeria. Through the ages, philosophers and scholars have been interested in the relationship between music and trance possession, especially the question of whether music triggers, influences or sustains trance or spirit possession, and if so, how. This thesis seeks to focus on the relationship between the music used in worship practices where possessions take place, and how the music might initiate and drive the possession states. Spirit possession is a phenomenon which spr
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Frimpong, Emmanuel Kwabena. "Mark and spirit possession in an African context." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2006. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2342/.

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The Gospel of Mark is a moving story especially when one looks at the way Mark recounts Jesus’ struggle with evil, the extent of the power and the fate of Satan and demons and the type of life the followers of Jesus are to lead: whether a demon-free life or a life of struggle with demons; and how scholars interpret Mark’s views today. This thesis begins with a review of a debate between J.M. Robinson and E. Best who hold divergent views on Jesus’ struggle with evil and the extent and the fate of Satan’s power and demons in Mark. This is followed by a critical analysis of Mark’s views on the ba
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Kontarakis, C. "Muslims possessed : spirit possession and Islam in Cairo." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2015. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1463634/.

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In Cairo, infidel spirits called jinns threaten to possess Muslims with weak souls, a weakness that is deemed to be closely connected with lack of faith and morality. An informal group of Muslims called sheikhs exorcise the invading spirits, and in doing so help to constitute the discursive logic underlying spirit possession in Cairo. Through a ritual that asserts the centrality and supremacy of God, the sheikhs reinstate God’s presence by reciting the Qur’an in order to exorcise the jinns out of the Muslims’ bodies. Based on the findings of a fifteen month fieldwork research in Cairo (2007-20
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Keene, Liam. "Invoking heterogeneous cultural identities through Thokoza sangoma spirit possession." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12838.

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Staemmler, Birgit. "Chinkon kishin mediated spirit possession in Japanese new religions." Berlin Münster Lit, 2002. http://d-nb.info/992752477/04.

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Maraire, Dumisani. "The position of music in Shona mudzimu (ancestral spirit) possession /." Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11274.

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Meveni, Siphiwo Douglas. "Spirit possession and social panic: Amakhosi possession and behaviour among learners in selected schools in Mdantsane Township." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1018564.

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This research sought to investigate the phenomenon of strange behaviour related to spirit possession called amakhosi in Mdantsane Township in East London in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. This spirit phenomenon has recently been prevalent in Township schools in the Eastern and Western Cape Provinces where school children were said to be possessed by a spirit which caused them to demonstrate a strange kind of destructive behaviour. These occurrences were also reported in the newspapers and community radio stations. All these media communications reported that teachers, parents and c
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Books on the topic "Spirit possession"

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Naegeli-Osjord, Hans. Possession & exorcism. New Frontiers Center, 1988.

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Groupe de recherche et d'application des concepts psychanalytiques à la psychiatrie en Afrique francophone, ed. La possession. L'Harmattan, 2002.

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Poojary, Shankar Narayana D., translator and Karnāṭaka Tuḷu Sāhitya Akāḍemi, eds. Spirit possession and other stories. Karnataka Tulu Sahithya Academy, 2016.

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Kyoʻ, ʼOṅʻ. Mra nanʻʺ hemavanʻ ta ma lvanʻ phracʻ rapʻ chanʻʺ. ʼA suiṅʻʺ ʼA vuiṅʻʺ Cā pe, 1998.

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Kyoʻ, ʼOṅʻ. Thūʺ ʼa tveʹ kruṃ ʼa chanʻʺ tacche jātʻ lamʻʺ myāʺ. Muiʺ Maṅʻʺ Cā pe, 1999.

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Lapassade, Georges. Les rites de possession. Anthropos, 1997.

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Humphreys, Chris. Possession. Random House Children's Books, 2008.

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Humphreys, Chris. Possession. Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

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Filan, Kenaz. Drawing down the spirits: The traditions and techniques of spirit possession. Destiny Books, 2009.

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T, Hitchcock John, and Jones Rex L, eds. Spirit possession in the Nepal Himalayas. Vikas, 1996.

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Book chapters on the topic "Spirit possession"

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Davis, Richard. "Possession, in Four Voices." In Living with Monsters. punctum books, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.53288/0361.1.13.

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This chapter links three kinds of possession across different cosmological worlds. The three possessions and cosmologies focus on Christian executive possession, as defined by Emma Cohen, snake ancestor possession at Saibai Island, northwest Torres Strait, and the dream possession of an anthropologist at the same island. Inspired by the multi-perspectivist work of Eduardo Viveiros de Castro and others, the story confers the same ontological status on monsters, spirits, and humans by allowing the possessed and the possessor their own voices. Through this ontological equivalence, two questions a
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Rasmussen, Susan J. "Spirit Possession in Africa." In The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118255513.ch11.

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Welsh, Geneviève. "Spirit possession and motherhood." In Parenthood and Immigration in Psychoanalysis. Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003174684-7.

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Eyghen, Hans Van. "Justification from Possession-experiences." In The Epistemology of Spirit Beliefs. Routledge, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003281139-8.

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Mageo, Jeannette. "Colonial and Postcolonial Spirits." In Ideas of Possession. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/9780197679951.003.0018.

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Abstract Following European colonization, Polynesians and Micronesians often became enthusiastically Christian. With Christianity as the dominant religion, local spirits became “demons.” Spirit possession shifted from a specialization of priests and those of high status to an affliction suffered mainly by girls or women, and from a blessing to a curse. Spirits and stories about them were transformed, reflecting changes in (post)colonial society. In the shift from spirit-centered religions toward a God-centered religion, emotional and psychological transitions were often slow and difficult. Und
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Johnson, Paul Christopher. "Possession." In The Oxford Handbook of Caribbean Religions. Oxford University Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190916961.013.26.

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Abstract This chapter explores the issues surrounding spirit possession within Caribbean religions. It cites how the notion of possession questioned the idea of the autonomous, rational, free agent. While slavery was the Caribbean’s foundational institution and system of exchange, spirit possession provided a key category that helped affix the great ontological and social divide that separated those capable of ownership from those who could by right be owned. The question of the colonial occupation of territory or enslaved persons raised the issues of the economic value of land and spirits’ pr
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"Spirit Possession." In Handbook of Contemporary Religions in Brazil. BRILL, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004322134_027.

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"Spirit Possession." In Handbook of Spiritualism and Channeling. BRILL, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004264083_006.

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Mayaram, Shail. "Spirit possession." In La possession en Asie du Sud. Éditions de l’École des hautes études en sciences sociales, 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.4000/books.editionsehess.26277.

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Chave-Mahir, Florence. "9 Devil Possession in the Liturgy around the Tenth and Twelfth Centuries." In Spirit Possession. Central European University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9789633864142-011.

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Conference papers on the topic "Spirit possession"

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Cheeseman, Bryan A., Baoxing Chen, Ahmad Safari, Stephen C. Danforth, and Tsu-Wei Chou. "Design and Analysis of Piezoelectric Actuators Produced by Solid Freeform Fabrication." In ASME 2000 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/imece2000-1832.

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Abstract Solid Freeform Fabrication (SFF) techniques permit the ready manufacture of ceramic actuators possessing unusual and complex shapes. These actuator designs allow for the optimization of material orientation, poling direction and applied potential direction, which can result in increased displacement. Examples of such designs are detailed in this paper and include a dome shaped actuator possessing tangentially alternating poling and a spiral shaped actuator.
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Tomita, Arata, Adam Vallés, Katsuhiko Miyamoto, and Takashige Omatsu. "Spiral surface relief formation with Hermite-Gaussian beams possessing zero orbital angular momentum." In Optical Manipulation and Structured Materials Conference, edited by Takashige Omatsu, Hajime Ishihara, Keiji Sasaki, and Kishan Dholakia. SPIE, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.2616008.

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Pumpyanskyi, Dmitry A., Tatiana P. Lobanova, Igor Y. Pyshmintsev, et al. "Crack Propagation and Arrest in X70 1420x21,6mm Pipes for New Generation of Gas Transportation System." In 2008 7th International Pipeline Conference. ASMEDC, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2008-64474.

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The ductile fracture arrest capability of gas pipelines is seen as one of the most important factors in the future acceptance of new high strength pipeline steels for high pressure applications. New North-European pipeline project is based on application of X70 pipes designed for high gas pressure of 9,8MPa. To study fracture propagation behavior in cold climate the full scale tests were carried out using longitudinally and spiral welded pipes with different microstructure of base metal. Results of the tests with crack propagation studies in predominately ferrite-pearlite (FP) and acicular fer
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