Spirit possession and cultural innovation: the case of two Japanese femane religious leaders

Spirit possession and cultural innovation: the case of two Japanese femane religious leaders

lt's usual to consider religion as a conservative institution. Nonetheless , this article shows that it may also have a great transfoming potential. The history of two Japanese religious founders, Miki Nakayama (1789-1887) and Nao Deguchi (1836-1918) is taken to discuss three leve is of religio...

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Main Author: Ronan Alves Pereira
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade de São Paulo (USP) 1995-06-01
Series:Revista de Antropologia
Subjects:
religion
Japan
possession
Online Access:http://www.revistas.usp.br/ra/article/view/111442

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