... explained what he meant by it. He defended Christianity almost on an entirely ethical level and showed only mild interest in or sympathy for the varieties of religious experience. Catholicism American Democracy in America Tocqueville American character in Enlightenment and America Happiness as chimerical...

... at the fundamental role played by spirit possession in the religious experience of Paul and of his Christ groups, and the social and ethical functions of the religious experience of possession in the Pauline groups. In conclusion, when reviewing insights drawn from anthropological literature, the book attempts...

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