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RELIGION

The Voodoo Spirit Possession
Encyclopedia around the World

Magic, Ritual, Possession, Communion,
and Religion and Demon Expulsion
across Cultures
JEFFREY E. ANDERSON, EDITOR
“ This is a valuable JOSEPH P. LAYCOCK, EDITOR
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This compelling reference work
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This book provides a fascinating historical and cultural
onetime faith of the Mississippi River Valley, and Vodou, a Haitian overview of traditional beliefs about spirit possession and
faith with millions of adherents today. exorcism around the world, from Europe to Asia and the
Middle East to the Americas.
FEATURES
• Addresses both Vodou and Voodoo
JOSEPH P. LAYCOCK, PhD, is a scholar of religious studies. His
published work includes ABC-CLIO’s Vampires Today: The Truth
JEFFREY E. ANDERSON, PhD, is the Dr. William R. Hammond About Modern Vampirism.
Professor of Liberal Arts at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.

Faiths across Time
Hidden Religion 5,000 Years of
The Greatest Mysteries Religious History
and Symbols of the 4 VOLUMES | J. GORDON MELTON
World’s Religious Beliefs [T]his work offers so
MICAH ISSITT AND CARLYN MAIN “ much more than just
“ Highly browsable, mindless dates that it
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of the world’s religious symbols, this book takes readers on a tour This monumental, four-volume reference overviews significant
through the fascinating world of religious symbolism and reveals events and developments in religious history over the course of
the most mysterious and misunderstood facets of religion. more than five millennia.

MICAH ISSITT is a freelance writer and researcher.
J. GORDON MELTON, PhD, is director of the Institute for the Study
CARLYN MAIN is a freelance author and editor. of American Religion, founded in 1969 in Santa Barbara, CA.

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