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An Atlantic Genealogy of 'Spirit Possession

Bibliographic Data

ID2108628
AuthorsPaul Christopher Johnson (0000-0002-7048-2389)
Year2011
Volume53
Issue2
Pages393-425
Publication date2011-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417511000107
OpenAlexW2154516105
LanguageEN
Citations received43
References cited88

Not all spirits have retreated to metaphor, even in the very public sphere of U.S. electoral politics. As we learned during the last presidential campaign, Governor Sarah Palin enlisted the help of Kenyan pastor Thomas Muthee during his 2005 visit to Alaska to cast out the spirits that hindered her career. TheNew York Timeselaborated, 'Ms. Palin has long associations with religious leaders who practice a ... brand of Pentecostalism known as 'spiritual warfare.' Its adherents believe that demonic forces can colonize specific geographic areas and individuals.... Critics say the goal of the spiritual warfare movement is to create atheocracy' (Goodstein 2008, my emphasis

Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Genealogy · Governor · Metaphor · Political science · Politics · Possession (linguistics) · Presidential system · Reverence · Sociology · Theocracy · Theology · Christian Theology and Mission · Engineering · History · Law · Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development

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Unique citing works43
Citations per year2,87
Citation span2011 - 2025 (15)
Citation velocityrecent
Highly citedNo
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