Pentecostalism and Witchcraft: Spiritual Warfare in Africa and Melanesia

• Main Author: Knut Rio (auth)
• Other Authors: Michelle MacCarthy (auth), Ruy Blanes (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Palgrave Macmillan 2017
• Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion
• Subjects: Holy Spirit; charismatic Christianity; indigenous Pentecostal movements; evangelism; demonology; ethnography
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This open access book presents fresh ethnographic work from the regions of Africa and Melanesia-where the popularity of charismatic Christianity can be linked to a revival and transformation of witchcraft. The volume demonstrates how the Holy Spirit has become an adversary to the reconfirmed presenc...