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Marja-Liisa Swantz

2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 1977-2019

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Dynamics of the spirit possession phenomenon in Eastern Tanzania

Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis January 16, 2019 Marja-Liisa Swantz 2 citations

The discussion on the spirit possession phenomenon is related in this study to the more general question of the role of religious institutions as part in the development process of a people living in a limited geographical area of a wider national society. It is assumed that religion, like culture in general, has its specific institutional forms as result of the historical development of a...

DOI: 10.30674/scripta.67111 (opens in new tab) Full text (opens in new tab) Spirit possession Tanzania Trance Experience religion +2