1st Edition
Icelandic Spiritualism Mediumship and Modernity in Iceland
By Loftur Reimar Gissurarson
Copyright 1997
288 Pages
by
Routledge
288 Pages
by
Routledge
269 Pages
by
Routledge
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Icelandic Spiritualism 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. The authors... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: The Roots of Icelandic Spiritualism; 3: Indrida Saga Indridasonar; 4: Science and Stability; 5: Conflict in the Church; 6: Continuing Contestation; 7: Bridging from the Future to the Past
Biography
Loftur Reimar Gissurarson
