The devil is disorder: bodies, spirits and misfortune in a Trinidadian village

"What role might the Devil have in health and illness? The Devil is Disorder explores constructions of the body, health, illness and wider misfortune in a Trinidadian village where evangelical Christianity is growing in popularity. Based on long-term ethnography and locating the village in hist...

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Main Author: Lynch, Rebecca (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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WorldCat: WorldCat
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Published: New York Oxford Berghahn 2020
In:Year: 2020
Edition:First published
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Trinidad / Devil / Misfortune / Body / Health / Religious life
IxTheo Classification:RK Charity work
Further subjects:B Evangelicalism (Trinidad and Tobago) (Trinidad)
B Medical anthropology (Trinidad and Tobago) (Trinidad)
B Trinidad and Tobago Religious life and customs
B Trinidad Religious life and customs
B Cosmology
B Trinidad Church history
B Medicine Religious aspects Christianity
B Devil Christianity
B Trinidad Social life and customs
B Health Religious aspects Christianity
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