Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps and figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Glossary
- Map 1 Sri Lanka
- Map 2 The west coast of Sri Lanka
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The colonial Church
- 3 The Church in crisis
- 4 The rise of Kudagama
- 5 Demonic possession and the battle against evil
- 6 Suffering and sacrifice
- 7 Holy men and power
- 8 Patronage and religion
- 9 On the borders
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- List of references
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
List of references
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 December 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of maps and figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Glossary
- Map 1 Sri Lanka
- Map 2 The west coast of Sri Lanka
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The colonial Church
- 3 The Church in crisis
- 4 The rise of Kudagama
- 5 Demonic possession and the battle against evil
- 6 Suffering and sacrifice
- 7 Holy men and power
- 8 Patronage and religion
- 9 On the borders
- 10 Conclusion
- Notes
- List of references
- Index
- Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
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- Power and Religiosity in a Post-Colonial SettingSinhala Catholics in Contemporary Sri Lanka, pp. 215 - 220Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1992