On binding, and loosing, the spirits

navigating and engaging a spirit-filled world

Amos Yong

pp. 1-12

in: Amos Yong, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, Kirsteen Kim (eds), Interdisciplinary and religio-cultural discourses on a spirit-filled world, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

Abstract

Any talk about spirits historically and even today has evoked fascination, fear, or incredulity, sometimes simultaneously, among other reactions. Part of the question has always been, what is being meant by 'spirits?" What kind of realities is being referred to? The historical and contemporary semantic range of the word spirit itself begs for elucidation and clarification whenever it is mentioned.