Icelandic Spiritualism Mediumship and Modernity in Iceland【電子書籍】[ Loftur Reimar Gissurarson ]

＜p＞＜em＞Icelandic Spiritualism＜/em＞ is an engaging social anthropological study of the place of spiritualism in Icelandic church and society during the first half of the twentieth century. Challenging standard theoretical approaches to the study of religion, the book contributes a wealth of data on the history of religion and psychical research, presenting it in a vivid descriptive narrative.＜/p＞ ＜p＞The authors trace the role of the spirit world in Icelandic culture, giving particular attention to the distinctive history of Iceland's "conversion" to Christianity. They focus on the appearance of "modern" spiritualism as a distinct phenomenon in Icelandic life. The book studies the interaction between various groups in fin-de-siecle Icelandic society, not least in the state church, as mediumistic phenomena became widely reported through the newspapers.＜/p＞ ＜p＞To some, Icelandic spiritualism may be considered a deviant case of Protestantism. What makes this book interesting, however, is th．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る