Dreaming of Snakes in Contemporary Zambia
Small Gods and the Secular
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20082748 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Johanneke Kroesbergen-Kamps (0000-0002-2186-1593, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Pages | 233-251 |
| Publication date | 2018-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Fairies, Demons, and Nature Spirits (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-58520-2_10 |
| OpenAlex | W2769442330 |
| ISBN | 9781137585202 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In Zambia, dreams about snakes are connected to the devil. In Pentecostal ministries, testimonies about such experiences have a clear role: they function as proof that the battle between God and Satan is very real. An alternative approach is to see the dream snake as a symbol that can become meaningful in multiple ways. This article argues that both approaches are related to a process of disenchantment. Pentecostal ministries feel the need to give proof of the enchanted, spiritual world; while in the alternative approach former religious entities have become disenchanted as individual symbols
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Battle · Disenchantment · Dream · Epistemology · Function (biology) · Political science · Sociology · Symbol (formal) · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Anthropological Studies and Insights · History · Law · Philosophy · Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies · Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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