Unearthly powers : a Christian's handbook on primal and folk religions - Burnett, David, 1943- (Nashville, TN : Oliver Nelson, 1992)
Contents : Stranger than fiction -- Unearthly powers -- Gods and demons -- The human soul -- Ghosts and ancestors -- Totem -- The pollution of man -- The power of ritual -- Divining the unknown -- Mediators between god and man -- Witchcraft -- Sorcery and black magic -- Spirit possession -- Shamanism -- Mediumship: consulting the spirits -- The mystic experience -- Folk religion -- Prophecy: the word of the Lord -- New religious movements -- Christian worldviews. Appendix: Ministering to the spirit possessed.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Keywords: Christianity and other religions -- Primitive; Primal and folk religions; Religion -- Controversial literature; Missions -- Theory