The devil's children : from spirit possession to witchcraft : new allegations that affect children /
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Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate Pub. Ltd.,
[2009]
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Table of Contents:
- 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 practice and belief / Jean 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
- The impact of spirit possession on the child's mental health and social work intervention / Amma Anane-Agyei
- Project Violet : addressing the practice of faith and/or belief based ritualistic abuse of children / Robert Pull
- The Christian church and child protection : an overview / David Pearson.