Pentecostalism and Witchcraft

Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

Also known as Pentecostalism and Witchcraft: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

by Ruy Blanes, Michelle MacCarthy & Knut Rio

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21st century
Language: English

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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 has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presence of witches, demons, and sorcerers as manifestations of evil. We learn how this is articulated in spiritual warfare, in crusades, and in healing or witch-killing raids. The contributors highlight what happens to phenomena that people address as locally specific witchcraft or sorcery when re-molded within the universalist Pentecostal demonology, vocabulary, and confrontational methodology.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Witchcraft and folk magic.

Witchcraft and folk magic
Controlled discovery queries from doab and oapen matched “witchcraft”. Retained metadata contains “Witchcraft” in the title, “Witchcraft” in the alternative title, “Witchcraft” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).
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- “witchcraft”· via OAPEN Library
- “Witchcraft”· in title
- “Witchcraft”· in alternative title
- “Witchcraft”· in description
- “witches”· in description
Demonology, angelology, and possession
Controlled discovery queries from doab and oapen matched “demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the description, “demons” in the description, and “Demonology” in the subject metadata.
- “demonology”· via Directory of Open Access Books
- “demonology”· via OAPEN Library
- “Demonology”· in description
- “demons”· in description
- “Demonology”· in subject

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Edition	Date	Publisher	Language	ISBN	Access	Links
Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia Directory of Open Access Books edition 311; Basingstoke	2017	Palgrave Macmillan; Springer Nature	English	9783319560687 9784431556749	Open access	Directory of Open Access Books (opens in a new tab) Directory of Open Access Books (opens in a new tab) OAPEN Library (opens in a new tab)