Spirit Possession and Communication in Religious and Cultural Contexts explores the phenomenon of spirit possession, focusing on the religious and cultural functions it serves as a means of communication.

Caroline Blyth is Senior Lecturer in Theological and Religious Studies at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.

Introduction-Caroline Blyth; 1 Spirit Possession in the Bible-Anne Aalbers; 2 Mental Illness and Demon Possession: Reading the New Testament-Anastasia Scrutton; 3 The Ghosts of the Past Are the Demons of the Present: Evangelical Third Wave Deliverance as a Gothic Therapeutic-Sean McCloud; 4 Ulu'isino: Divine Possession and the Legitimation of Temporal Agency in Late Pre-Christian Tonga-Andy Mills; 5 Spirit Mediumism in Shaanbei, North-Central China-Adam Yuet Chau and LIU Jianshu; 6 Keeping it in the Family: Ancestral Talkback on Taku-Richard Moyle; 7 Even Demons Cooperate: Imitation and Conceptual Convergence in Possession Narratives-Karen Dwyer; 8 How Demons Speak: The Voice of Demonic Possession-Kirsty Rowan; 9 Spirit Possession as a Source of Knowledge-Gregory W. Dawes