The devil's children : from spirit possession to witchcraft : new allegations that affect children / edited by Jean La Fontaine.

Papers presented at two seminars held Dec. 2005 and May 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- An introduction to the devil's children / Eileen Barker -- Beliefs in possession / Amanda Van Eck Duymaer Van Twist -- The meaning of possession -- Possession states / Roland Littlewood -- Embodied alternative identities : spiritual possession, psychiatric disorder or socio/political stratagem? / Sherrill Mulhern -- Possession and deliverance in a British Pentecostal Church / Malcolm Gold -- The jinn, black magic and evil eye among East London Bangladeshis / Simon Dein -- The practice of spirit possession in Haitian vodou / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Possession as contact with the divine -- Possession as a sacrament : the perspective of wicca / Christina Harrington -- Possession in the celestial Church of Christ / Mercy Magbagbeola -- Children accused -- Child witches in London : tradition and change in religious practice and belief / Jean La Fontaine -- At risk, as risk : abandonment and care in a world of spiritual insecurity / Filip de Boeck -- Child abuse linked to accusations of possession and witchcraft / Eleanor Stobart -- The impact of spirit possession on the child's mental health and social work intervention / Amma Anane-Agyei -- Project Violet : addressing the practice of faith and/or belief based ritualistic abuse of children / Robert Pull -- The Christian church and child protection : an overview / David Pearson.