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Documentary as Exorcism: Resisting the Bewitchment of Colonial Christianity Beckford, Robert (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
Documentary as Exorcism: Resisting the Bewitchment of Colonial Christianity
Beckford, Robert (Canterbury Christ Church University, UK)
Frames colonial theology in the Caribbean as a form of witchcraft practice that bewitched Africans and later black colonial subjects, and discusses the continued impact of this bewitchment, namely in politics and anti-intellectualism in contemporary Black Pentecostal Church life, especially in the UK.
264 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | March 13, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9781847063915 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 264 |
| Dimensions | 138 × 216 × 20 mm · 408 g |
| Language | English |