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Being possessed: Linda Woodhead at TEDxUniversityofGlasgow

3,922 views · Published 12 April 2014 · 4:41 · Indexed 15 October 2026

Channel: TEDx Talks · 2014 · Nonprofits & Activism

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Linda Woodhead is a Professor of Sociology of Religion at Lancaster University, studies religious change in modern societies, and is especially interested in how religion has changed worldwide since the late 1980s. In this story-telling talk, Linda encourages us to connect by letting others into our inner space and being possessed by them, whether that is our next-door neighbour or God. 

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