The Saint of Kathmandu: and Other Tales of the Sacred in Distant Lands Emma Social media built to connect

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The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures

The Saint of Kathmandu: and Other Tales of the Sacred in Distant Lands Emma Social media built to connectAuthor Contributor(s): Levine, Sarah Publisher: Beacon Press Date: 6 1 2009 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW With the deft evocations of a master storyteller and the exhaustive knowledge of a scholar, LeVine takes us on a quest to understand the role of religious belief in everyday life around the globe. She writes of uneasy relations between Islam and spirit possession in a Nigerian town; of a Nepalese teenager's flight from an arranged marriage to