Guds karneval : en religionspsykologisk studie av Toronto-vekkelsens spiritualitet

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this dissertation was to study how to interpret ecstatic spirituality, illustrated by the Toronto Blessing, from a religio-psycho¬logical point of view. The study is a qualitative research based on inter¬views, field observations and written documents. The theo¬retical framework is interdisciplinary, using theories from ego-psychology, social psychology, sociology, cultural anthropology, and ritual theory. The results showed that the cultural context is important for the interpretation of the ecstasy. The ecstatic phenomena can be interpreted as a cultural and ritual habitus stored or saved in the body. The ecstatic phenomena may be understood as bodily icons and as external manifestations of an inner touch of God.