The devil is disorder : bodies, spirits and misfortune in a Trinidadian village /

"What role might the Devil have in health and illness? The Devil is Disorder explores constructions of the body, health, illness and wider misfortune in a Trinidadian village where evangelical Christianity is growing in popularity. Based on long-term ethnography and locating the village in hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Lynch, Rebecca (Research fellow) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn, 2020.
Subjects:
Evangelicalism > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Medical anthropology > Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad.
Devil > Christianity.
Cosmology.
Évangélisme > Trinité-et-Tobago > Trinité (Île)
Médecine > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Cosmologie.
cosmology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Medicine > Religious aspects > Christianity
Medical anthropology
Manners and customs
Evangelicalism
Devil > Christianity
Cosmology
Health > Religious aspects > Christianity
Trinidad > Religious life and customs.
Trinidad > Social life and customs.
Trinidad > Church history.
Trinité (Île) > Vie religieuse.
Trinité (Île) > Mœurs et coutumes.
Trinité (Île) > Histoire religieuse.
Trinidad and Tobago > Trinidad
Trinidad and Tobago
Church history
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The Devil Is Disorder
  • Contents
  • Figures
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Village, Spirits and Moral Order
  • Chapter 1. Trinidad Village
  • Chapter 2. The Material and Other Worlds
  • Chapter 3. Cosmological Crafting and Storytelling
  • Part II. Disorder and the Devil
  • Chapter 4. The Body and Health
  • Chapter 5. The Devil in the Body
  • Chapter 6. Healing the Body
  • Chapter 7. The Devil in the Village and in the State
  • Chapter 8. The Devil Is Disorder
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index

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