Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway write by Trude Fonneland. This book was released on 2017. Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines Sámi shamanism in Norway as a uniquely distinctive local manifestation of a global new religious phenomenon. Based on more than ten years of ethnographic research, the book provides the basis for a study revealing the development of inventiveness, nuances and polyphony that occur when a global religion of shamanism is merged in a Norwegian setting, colored by its own political and cultural circumstances.
Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway
Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway write by Professor at the Department of Culture Studies Trude Fonneland. This book was released on . Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines Sami shamanism in Norway as a uniquely distinctive local manifestation of a global new religious phenomenon. It takes the diversity and hybridity within shamanic practices seriously through case studies from a Norwegian setting and highlights the ethnic dimension of these currents, through a particular focus on Sami versions of shamanism. The book's thesis is that the construction of a Sami shamanistic movement makes sense from the perspective of the broader ethno-political search for a Sami identity, with respect to connections to indigenous peoples worldwide and trans-historically. It also makes sense in economic and marketing terms. Based on more than ten years of ethnographic research, the book paints a picture of contemporary shamanism in Norway in its cultural context, relating it both to the local mainstream cultures in which it is situated and to global networks. By this, the book provides the basis for a study revealing the development of inventiveness, nuances and polyphony that occur when a global religion of shamanism is merged in a Norwegian setting, colored by its own political and cultural circumstances.
Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway
Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway write by Trude Fonneland. This book was released on 2017-08-01. Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. One of the fastest growing religious movements in the Western world, neo-shamanism embraces notions and techniques borrowed from various tribal peoples and adapted to the life of contemporary urban dwellers. Until the twenty-first century, the neo-shamanism found in northern Europe differed little from neo-shamanism elsewhere in the Western world. In the new millennium, a Sámi and Nordic version of neo-shamanism came into being, along with a new focus on the uniqueness of the arctic north, expressed through New Age courses and events. The Norwegian New Age scene is increasingly overrun with Sámi and Nordic shamans, symbols, and traditions. Contemporary Shamanisms in Norway examines the construction of this Sámi neo-shamanistic movement and argues that it fits into the broader ethno-political search for a Sami identity. Drawing on ten years of ethnographic research, Trude Fonneland highlights the values important to neo-shamans' self-development and their marketing of shamanistic products and services. She explores Sáami and Nordic neo-shamans' promotion of Arctic nature, their negotiations of gender in neo-shamanism, and their ritual inventions. Focusing on contemporary shamanism in Norway and Nordic contexts, Fonneland argues that the spiritual quest in Nordic countries has developed surprising and innovative forms of spirituality that call for a reevaluation of the relationship between religion and the secular world.
The Rise of Contemporary Spiritualism
The Rise of Contemporary Spiritualism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Rise of Contemporary Spiritualism write by Anne Kalvig. This book was released on 2016-10-04. The Rise of Contemporary Spiritualism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Talking to the dead and communication with 'the other side' is often presented as a taboo in an increasingly technological and medically advanced world. However, practices of spiritualism and mediumship continue to remain popular and in high demand within contemporary Western societies. 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. Using first-hand material gathered from alternative fairs, mediumistic congresses, séances, and interviews with both practitioners and clients, as well as thorough textual analysis, Anne Kalvig provides a clear overview of the various forms of consumption of mediumship in Western society and places these within a socio-cultural, religious and historical context. She also raises questions as to the controversies surrounding spiritualism and its representation and relationship with popular culture and the media. This book will be of interest to researchers in the field of sociology, religious studies, folklore, media studies and anthropology as well as to anyone interested in the upsurge of contemporary spiritualism, psychic phenomena and the paranormal.
Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s)
Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) write by Greg Johnson. This book was released on 2017-06-06. Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Extremely distant and distinct indigenous communities have over recent decades become more like themselves and more like each other – a paradox prevalent globally but inadequately explained by established analytical frames, particularly with regard to religion. Addressing this rich and unfolding context, the Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) engages a wide variety of locations and perspectives. Drawing upon the efforts of a diverse group of scholars working at the intersection of indigenous studies and religious studies, this volume includes a programmatic introduction that argues for new ways of conceptualizing the field of indigenous religion(s), numerous case study-based examples, and an Afterword by Thomas Tweed.
