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The devil's children, from spirit possession to witchcraft : new allegations that affect children, edited by Jean La Fontaine

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

The devil's children

bibliography

edited by Jean La Fontaine

from spirit possession to witchcraft : new allegations that affect children

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