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Nordic Neoshamanisms

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  1. Siv Ellen Kraft
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  2. Trude Fonneland
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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Introduction: Nordic Neoshamanisms

    1. Introduction: Nordic Neoshamanisms

      • Siv Ellen Kraft, Trude Fonneland, James R. Lewis
      Pages 1-9

  3. Background

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. Late Modern Shamanism: Central Texts and Issues

      • Olav Hammer
      Pages 13-29

  4. Late Modern Shamanism in Nordic Countries

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 31-31
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    2. The Rise of Neoshamanism in Norway: Local Structures-Global Currents

      • Trude Fonneland
      Pages 33-54

    3. The Way of the Teacher

      • Merete Demant Jakobsen
      Pages 55-66

    4. Shared Facilities: The Fabric of Shamanism, Spiritualism, and Therapy in a Nordic Setting

      • Anne Kalvig
      Pages 67-88

    5. Shamanism—A Spiritual Heritage?: The Significance of the Past in Shamanic Discourses

      • Torunn Selberg
      Pages 89-102

    6. Metroshamanism: A Search for Shamanic Identity in Modern Estonia

      • Henno Erikson Parks
      Pages 103-126

    7. New Age Medicine Men versus New Age Noaidi: Same Neoshamanism, Different Sociopolitical Situation

      • James R. Lewis
      Pages 127-140

    8. More or Less Genuine Shamans!: The Believer in an Exchange between Antiquity and Modernity, between the Local and the Global

      • Bente Gullveig Alver
      Pages 141-171

  5. Neoshamanism in Secular Contexts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
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    2. Sami Shamanism and Indigenous Film: The Case of Pathfinder

      • Cato Christensen
      Pages 175-190

    3. Contextualizing Exhibited Versions of Sami Noaidevuohta

      • Stein R. Mathisen
      Pages 191-213

    4. The Festival Isogaisa: Neoshamanism in New Arenas

      • Trude Fonneland
      Pages 215-234

    5. Shamanism and Indigenous Soundscapes: The Case of Mari Boine

      • Siv Ellen Kraft
      Pages 235-262

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 263-270
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This book proposes that the drive for religiosity and experiences of the sacred are far from lost in contemporary western societies. The contributors' objective is to explore the myriad of ways late modern shamanism is becoming more vital and personally significant to people, communities, and economies in Nordic countries.

Reviews

“This is an important contribution to a much-neglected area of research and for that reason is recommended for scholars with a specialty in alternative religions or religion in Northern Europe.” (Ethan Doyle White, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, February, 2018)

“Nordic Neoshamanisms is a welcome addition to the study of new religious movements in general and of modern forms of paganism and shamanism in particular. … This book constitutes an important addition to the libraries of scholars of religious studies and new religious movements, Nordic and Scandinavian studies, as well as general readers interested in new spiritual searches.” (Mariya Lesiv, Nova Religio, Vol. 21 (1), August, 2017) 


“This is an important book, offering the first close examination of a diverse range of Nordic neoshamanisms and situating them within the frame of international influence and concerns. It is essential reading for scholars of shamanism/neoshamanism and of the confluence of indigenous/New Age politics in the twenty-first century.” (Robert J. Wallis, The Pomegranate, Vol. 19 (1), 2017)

"This is an important and highly interesting book discussing the scarcely researched area of the Nordic neoshamanistic contemporary religious scene from different empirical and theoretic perspectives. This volume consists of well written contributions by the best scholars of the field, highlighting the intersection between global influences and local traditions, as well as between religion and culture. I would heartily recommend it for both students and scholars alike." - Liselotte Frisk, Professor, Religious Studies, Dalarna University, Sweden

About the authors

Olav Hammer, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Merete Demant Jakobsen, University of Oxford, UK Torunn Selberg, University of Bergen, Norway Bente Gullveig Alver, University of Bergen, Norway Henno Erikson Parks, Åbo Akademi, Finland Cato Christensen, Oslo University and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences, Norway Stein Roar Mathisen, Finnmark University College, Norway Anne Kalvig, University of Stavanger, Norway

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