Icelandic spiritualism - mediumship and modernity in Iceland

Inbunden bok. Transaction Publishers. 1997. 269 sidor.

Nära nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nära nyskick. /// Förlagets beskrivning: This is a perceptive and original study of lcelandic splrltualism, its cultural and historical roots, its social and Ideological context, and Its role within the state Lutheran church. The authors not only provide a detailed and sophisticated analysis of a somewhat exceptional ethnographic case—the theory and practice of scientific or modernist splritualism—in the process they also manage to throw light upon Lutheran movements in other parts of the world and, more generally, spiritualism and the phenomenon of religion, 'unpacktag' the classic Durkheimlan project with the aid of comparative evidence and sociological theorizing."—Gisli Pa'lsson, University of Iceland Mediumship and spirituallsm have tended to be scary subjects for science. Swatos and Gissurarson remind us that these can be significant topics for scholarly Inquiry and highly relevant for the understanding of religion. Icelandic Sptrituallsm is the most significant application of anthropological theory to contemporary Iceland published to date.w —Erlendur Haraldsson, University of Iceland Transaction Books of Related Interest.