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Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity
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ERIC SORENSEN, Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity (WUNT 2/157; Tubingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 2002). Pp. xiv + 295. Paper euro 49.
This revised dissertation (University of Chicago, 2001 ) was directed by Adela Yarbro Collins (now of Yale Divinity School). In the first chapter, "Introduction: The Christian Exorcist in the Greco-Roman World," S. defines terms (notably demons, demonic possession, and exorcism) and expresses the intention to argue "for the adapt...
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Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity
The Catholic Biblical Quarterly
; ERIC SORENSEN, Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity (WUNT 2/157; Tubingen: Mohr [Siebeck], 2002). Pp. xiv + 295. Paper euro 49. This revised dissertation (University of Chicago, 2001 ) was directed by Adela Yarbro Collins (now of Yale Divinity School). In the first
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The Devil in Pictures; The Vatican is steadfast in its defense of exorcism.(The Exorcism of Emily Rose)
Newsweek International
; Byline: Barbie Nadeau For the first 22 years of her life, Anneliese Michel was an unremarkable young woman--a teacher in training and part of a devout Roman Catholic family in Germany. She also happened to be an epileptic, and prone to the seizures that often accompany that condition. Somehow,
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Philip C. Almond. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England: Contemporary Texts and their Cultural Contexts.(Book review)
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; PHILIP C. ALMOND. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England: Contemporary Texts and their Cultural Contexts. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. Pp. x + 405. Philip Almond renders historians of early modern England an important service. This book offers readers modernized
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Exorcism and Its Texts: Subjectivity in Early Modern Literature of England and Spain
The Catholic Historical Review
; Exorcism and Its Texts: Subjectivity in Early Modern Literature of England and Spain. By Hilaire Kallendorf. (Toronto: University of Toronto Press. 2003. Pp. xxi, 327. $65.00.) Over the last two decades there has been an explosion of scholarly research and publication on witchcraft, a process which
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Sarah Ferber. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France.(Book review)
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; SARAH FERBER. Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France. London and New York: Routledge, 2004. Pp. ix + 227. Sarah Ferber's incisive, well-written, and exhaustively researched monograph is a fascinating addition to the field of early modern history. It appears at a time when the
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The Demonic Side of Witchcraft.(Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages)(Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief)(Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern England: Contemporary Texts and Their Cultural Contexts)(Witchcraft and Society in England and America, 1550-1750)(Book review)
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; Discerning Spirits: Divine and Demonic Possession in the Middle Ages. By Nancy Caciola. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2003. xvi + 327 pages. Demon Lovers: Witchcraft, Sex, and the Crisis of Belief. By Walter Stephens. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2002. xv + 451 pages. Demonic
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A fresh look at a remarkable document: Exorcism: The report of a commission convened by the Bishop of Exeter
Anglican Theological Review
; The much-publicized rerelease of the movie The Exorcist, complete with eleven minutes of previously unseen footage, reflects a resurgence of interest within both the Church and popular culture in the topic of exorcism. Within the Roman Catholic Church it is strikingly evident in the Vatican's newly
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Possession: a form of shamanism?
Magic, Ritual, and Witchcraft
; POSSESSION AND SHAMANISM It is widely known that there was a wave of affairs of possession in Europe in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The most famous one was the case of Loudun in France (1632-34). Could we say that this wave of possession phenomena was a form of shamanism? Michel
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`Exorcism of Emily Rose' courts savvy horror fans.
Zap2It.com
; Byline: Hanh Nguyen VANCOUVER, British Columbia _ It's a cool day in January when Campbell Scott, with white mustache bristling, cross examines Tom Wilkinson, accusing him of trying to be God's gunslinger. The tense courtroom scene is part of Screen Gems' latest horror offering, The Exorcism of
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Exorcism Receives Renewed Attention; Film Revival Spurs Interest As Rite Gains New Respect
The Washington Post
; ... was many years before I decided that someone was myself." Blatty is among a select few who know the identity of the boy in the news account but said he will "absolutely not" reveal his name or whereabouts. He said the boy lived in Cottage City, not Mount Rainier ...
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