1994
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.anthro.23.1.407
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Spirit Possession Revisited: Beyond Instrumentality

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“…There may be significant phenomenological overlaps between experiences labelled as psychotic and those labelled as religious (Brett, 2002). Although much of the ethnographic work on religious experience has focused on 'spirit possession' in non-western cultures (Boddy, 1994), there is some work examining Charismatic Christian healing in the USA (Csordas, 1994) and hearing God's voice among Pentecostal Christians in the UK (Dein and Littlewood 2007).…”
Section: Religion and Culturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…There may be significant phenomenological overlaps between experiences labelled as psychotic and those labelled as religious (Brett, 2002). Although much of the ethnographic work on religious experience has focused on 'spirit possession' in non-western cultures (Boddy, 1994), there is some work examining Charismatic Christian healing in the USA (Csordas, 1994) and hearing God's voice among Pentecostal Christians in the UK (Dein and Littlewood 2007).…”
Section: Religion and Culturementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rather, they will tend to be interpreted in terms of visitation by spirits, goddesses or demons, depending upon whether they are affectively positive or negative. Anima possession may be viewed as soul-loss, or possession by some spirit for the purpose of healing or killing (Boddy, 1994;Bourguignon, 1976;Prince, 1968). If they are considered bothersome, sometimes anima states may be seen as being due to witchcraft or sorcery.…”
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“…Autores como Stoller (1995) mantienen a partir del caso de los Hauka que el grupo de posesión toma, como observara Rouch, elementos de la cultura dominante, en este caso la cultura inglesa colonial, como estrategia de adaptación y dominación de la situación. Pese a las críticas de Boddy (1994) al instrumentalismo de este tipo de enfoques, los factores políticos juegan un papel muy importante en muchos de estos cultos de posesión, bien sea para resistir o para adaptarse a la situación colonial. Los Hauka desarrollaron una mímesis de la cultura dominante, adoptando en el ritual y en el propio panteón de espíritus no sólo los gestos, los movimientos corporales o los uniformes coloniales sino también sus formas de organización burocrática (Stoller 1995: 121-122).…”
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