Living Folk Religions
eBook - ePub

Living Folk Religions

  1. 352 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Living Folk Religions

About this book

Living Folk Religions presents cutting-edge contributions from a range of disciplines to examine religious folkways across cultures. This collection embraces the non-elite and non-sanctioned, the oral, fluid, accessible, evolving religions of people ( volk ) on the ground. Split into five sections, this book covers:

  • What Is Folk Religion?
  • Spirit Beings and Deities
  • Performance and Ritual Praxis
  • Possession and Exorcism
  • Health, Healing, and Lifestyle

Topics include demons and ambivalent gods, tree and nature spirits, revolutionary renunciates, oral lore, possession and exorcism, divination, midwestern American spiritualism, festivals, queer sexuality among ritual specialists, the dead returned, vernacular religions, diaspora adaptations, esoteric influences underlying public cultures, unidentified flying objects (UFOs), music and sound experiences, death rituals, and body and wellness cultures.

Living Folk Religions is a must-read for those studying Comparative Religions, World Religions, and Religious Studies, and it will also interest specialists and general readers, particularly enthusiastic readers of Anthropology, Folklore and Folk Studies, Global Studies, and Sociology.

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Yes, you can access Living Folk Religions by Sravana Borkataky-Varma, Aaron Michael Ullrey, Sravana Borkataky-Varma,Aaron Michael Ullrey in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Theology & Religion & Religion. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9781032190419
eBook ISBN
9781000878622
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. List of contributors
  7. Introduction: Three Little Words Aaron Michael Ullrey and Sravana Borkataky-Varma
  8. Part I What Is Folk Religion?
  9. Part II Spirit Beings and Deities
  10. Part III Performance and/or Ritual Praxis
  11. Part IV Possession and Exorcism
  12. Part V Health, Healing, and Lifestyle
  13. Index