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The Devil Sat on My Bed

Encounters with the Spirit World in Mormon Utah
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
224 Seiten
Englisch
Oxford University Presserschienen am19.06.2024
Many Latter-day Saints in Utah report visits from spirits-both the benevolent spirits of kin and threatening evil spirits-and understand these encounters with reference to key Latter-day teachings. In The Devil Sat on My Bed, Erin E. Stiles draws on interviews with members of Utah's Mormon community to explore their accounts of interactions with spirits and how they understand them.mehr
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KlappentextMany Latter-day Saints in Utah report visits from spirits-both the benevolent spirits of kin and threatening evil spirits-and understand these encounters with reference to key Latter-day teachings. In The Devil Sat on My Bed, Erin E. Stiles draws on interviews with members of Utah's Mormon community to explore their accounts of interactions with spirits and how they understand them.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-0-19-776375-9
ProduktartTaschenbuch
EinbandartKartoniert, Paperback
FormatTrade Paperback (USA)
Erscheinungsjahr2024
Erscheinungsdatum19.06.2024
Seiten224 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 160 mm, Höhe 226 mm, Dicke 23 mm
Gewicht318 g
Artikel-Nr.60620476

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
AcknowledgementsI. Chapter One: IntroductionII. Chapter Two: The Realm of the SpiritsIII. Chapter Three: They Have Shown Me What I Need to Know: Ancestors and Spirit ChildrenIV. Chapter Four: Where the Veil is Thin: Temple Work, Posthumous Baptism, and the Gratitude of Spirits V. Chapter Five: The Devil Sat on My Bed: The Slippery Edge of RighteousnessVI. Chapter Six: The Power of the Priesthood, Gender, and Evil Spirits VII. ConclusionBibliographymehr

Autor

Erin E. Stiles is an Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. Her primary interests are in the anthropology of religion and law, and she has worked in East Africa and in the western United States. She has conducted extensive ethnographic research on the everyday workings of Islamic courts in Zanzibar, Tanzania, with a particular focus on marital disputes. Her more recent work focuses on Latter-day Saint experiences of the spirit realm in northern Utah, where she grew up.