War Magic : : Religion, Sorcery, and Performance /

War Magic : : Religion, Sorcery, and Performance / / ed. by Douglas Farrer.

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This compelling volume explores how war magic and warrior religion unleash the power of the gods, demons, ghosts, and the dead. Documenting war magic and warrior religion as they are performed in diverse cultures and across historical time periods, this volume foregrounds embodiment, practice, and p...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Chan, Margaret,
Farrer, D. S.,
Grave, Jean-Marc de,
Jokic, Željko,
Neidel, J. David,
Roberts, Michael,
Sellmann, James D.,
Sinclair, Iain,
HerausgeberIn:
Farrer, Douglas,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (180 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Introduction. War Magic: Religion, Sorcery, and Performance
  • Chapter 1 Tangki War Magic: Spirit Warfare in Singapore
  • Chapter 2 Javanese Ritual Initiation: Invulnerability, Authority, and Spiritual Improvement
  • Chapter 3 Discourse of Decline: Sumatran Perspectives on Black Magic
  • Chapter 4 Tamil Tiger Ritual, War, and Mystical Empowerment
  • Chapter 5 Shamanic Battleground in Venezuela
  • Chapter 6 Chants of Re-enchantment: Chamorro Spiritual Resistance to Colonial Domination
  • Chapter 7 War Magic and Just War in Indian Tantric Buddhism
  • Index

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