The Social Scientific Study of Exorcism in Christianity (eBook, PDF)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783030431730
• Artikelnr.: 59558305

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Inhaltsangabe

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Chapter 1.Introduction.- Part I - Case Studies in Early Modernity.- Chapter 2.The Secret History of the "Earling Exorcism.- Chapter 3.Demoniac possession and religious scientific debate in nineteenth-century France.- Chapter 4.A Brazilian exorcist at the beginning of the 20th century: the supernatural as an empowerment strategy.- Part II - Case Studies in Late Modernity.- Chapter 5.The Devil returns. Practices of catholic Exorcism in Argentina.- Chapter 6.Diagnosing the Devil. A Case Study on a Protocol between an Exorcist and a Psychiatrist in Italy.- Chapter 7.Shaping the Past, Envisioning the Future. Exorcism and the Demon of Memory.- Chapter 8.Doing Battle with the Forces of Darkness in a Secularized Society.- Chapter 9.Exorcism, Deliverance, and the Embodied Presence in the Church of England.- Chapter 10.Spiritual Flows and Obstructions: Local Deliverance in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God.- Chapter 11.Mental health of the Exorcist: an ethnographic case study in Tampa Bay.- Chapter 12.Exorcism, medias and the Romanian orthodoxy: chasing the Devil, coping with uncertainty.- Chapter 13.Ruqyah and Islamic Treatment Centers in Indonesia.- Conclusion.

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"This volume demonstrates that the subject is rightly deserving of serious academic treatment." (Sarah Ferber, Journal of the American Academy of Religion, Vol. 90 (1), March, 2022)

"This volume succeeds as both a well-researched contribution to the study of modernity and one of the best analytic studies of exorcism more generally." (William Chavez, Reading Religion, readingreligion.org, September 1, 2021)