Trance, healing, and hallucination : three field studies in religious experience / Felicitas D. Goodman, Jeannette H. Henney, Esther Pressel.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trance--Case studies.

Trance.

Spirit possession--Case studies.

Spirit possession.

Umbanda.

Umbanda (Cult).

Pentecostalism.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 388 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Malabar, Fl. : R.E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1982.

Contents:

Henney, J. H. Spirit-possession belief and trance behavior in two fundamentalist groups in St. Vincent.

Pressel, E. Umbanda trance and possession in São Paulo, Brazil.

Goodman, F. D. Disturbances in the Apostolic Church.

Notes:

Reprint of the ed. published by Wiley, New York, in series: Contemporary religious movements.

Each field study was originally presented as a thesis, Ohio State University.

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 365-380.

Contains:

Goodman, Felicitas D. Disturbances in the Apostolic Church. 1981.

Henney, Jeannette H. Spirit-possession belief and trance behavior in two fundamentalist groups in St. Vincent. 1981.

Pressel, Esther. Umbanda trance and possession in São Paulo, Brazil. 1981.

ISBN:

0898742463

OCLC:

6603641