The Devil within : possession & exorcism in the Christian West /

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. In response to their horrifying symptoms -- violent convulsions, displays of preternatural strength, vomiting of foreign objects, displaying contempt for sacred obje...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Levack, Brian P. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2013]
Temas:
Exorcism > Europe > History.
Demoniac possession > Europe > History.
Spirituality.
Medicine > Religious aspects.
Spirituality
Religion and Medicine
Exorcisme > Europe > Histoire.
Possession diabolique > Europe > Histoire.
Spiritualité.
Médecine > Aspect religieux.
RELIGION > Cults.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Folklore & Mythology.
Demoniac possession.
Exorcism.
Besessenheit
Exorzismus
Dämonologie
Exorcism > historia.
Besatthet.
Europe.
Europa
Amerika
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Making sense of demonic possession
  • Possession and exorcism in Christian antiquity
  • Possession in Christian demonology
  • Expelling the demon
  • Demonic possession and illness
  • The performance of the possessed
  • The demoniac in society
  • The demoniac and the witch
  • Possession in the age of reason
  • Possession : past and present
  • Conclusion.

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