The Rise of Contemporary Spiritualism: Concepts and Controversies in Talking to the Dead

ISBN-13: 9780367595982 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 118 str.

Anne Kalvig

Opis

 This book analyses the practices of today’s mediums, who insist on standing at the threshold between life and death, interpreting signs and passing on communications, and asks how such concepts and practices are perceived by contemporary society.

Spis treści

1. What is spiritualism?

2. Spiritualism’s birth and days of glory　

3. Communication with the dead today: forms, actors, organizations

4. Spiritualist messages and the appeal to women　

5. Spiritualism, shamanism, healing and popular culture – array and lattice

6. Controversies and delineations　

7. Table turning and other spiritualist challenges to the science of religion

O autorze

Anne Kalvig is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Stavanger, Norway.