The devil's children: from spirit possession to witchcraft : new allegations that affect children
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
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| Published: |
Farnham, Surrey, England Burlington, VT
Ashgate
c 2009
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| In: | Year: 2009 |
| Reviews: | Review: The Devil's Children: From Spirit Possession to Witchcraft: New Allegations that Affect Children, by Jean La Fontaine (2011) (Crasnow, Sonia)
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Child abuse
/ Spiritual possession cult
/ Demon
/ Exorcism
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| Further subjects: | B
Collection of essays
B Demoniac possession Congresses B Spirit possession Congresses B Spirit Possession Congresses B Child Abuse Congresses B Exorcism Congresses B Child Welfare Congresses B Child abuse Congresses B Witchcraft Congresses B Child welfare Congresses |
| Item Description: | Formerly CIP Uk. - Introduction -- An introduction to the devil's children / Eileen Barker -- Beliefs in possession / Amanda Van Eck Duymaer Van Twist -- The meaning of possession -- Possession states / Roland Littlewood -- Embodied alternative identities : spiritual possession, psychiatric disorder or socio/political stratagem? / Sherrill Mulhern -- Possession and deliverance in a British Pentecostal Church / Malcolm Gold -- The jinn, black magic and evil eye among East London Bangladeshis / Simon Dein -- The practice of spirit possession in Haitian vodou / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Possession as contact with the divine -- Possession as a sacrament : the perspective of wicca / Christina Harrington -- Possession in the celestial Church of Christ / Mercy Magbagbeola -- Children accused -- Child witches in London : tradition and change in religious belief / J.S. La Fontaine -- At risk, as risk : abandonment and care in a world of spiritual insecurity / Filip de Boeck -- Child abuse linked to accusations of possession and witchcraft / Eleanor Stobart -- Possession and witchcraft as practical concerns -- The impact of spirit possession on the child's mental health and social work intervention / Amma Anane-Agyei -- Project violet : addressing the practise of faith and/or belief based ritualistic abuse of children / Robert Pull -- The Christian church and child protection : an overview / David Pearson |
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| Physical Description: | XI, 204 S., graph. Darst., 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0754667332 |