(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Oct-2025, Kirjastus: Amsterdam University Press, ISBN-13: 9781003703297)
This book constitutes a necessary intervention in the academic study of Satanism and also constitutes a vital addition to the field of Gothic and Horror Studies, it examines how Satanism, particularly as it relates to issues of gender and sexuality,...Loe edasi...
Demons in the USA argues that a discourse on the demonic that developed in the nineteenth century continues to exert a powerful hold over the American spiritual imagination....Loe edasi...
Most studies of the Salem witch trials focus on social history and the dynamics between accused and accusers. Science and Specters at Salem turns instead to the intellectual background of the judges to understand why they accepted controversial type...Loe edasi...
Providing an accessible and comprehensive overview, The Story of the Salem Witch Trials explores the events between June 10 and September 22, 1692, when nineteen people were hanged, one was pressed to death and over 150 were jailed for practicing wi...Loe edasi...
This book explores local cultural discourses and practices relating to manifestations and experiences of the demonic, the spectral and the uncanny, probing into their effects on peoples domestic and intimate spheres of life....Loe edasi...
The English Exorcist presents an intellectual history of John Darrell, a controversial Puritan exorcist in the early modern period. It illustrates that Darrells exorcism ministry and demonological works were a catalyst for spiritual reform in the ea...Loe edasi...
Magic, Witchcraft, and Ghosts in the Enlightenment argues for the centrality of magical practices and ideas throughout the long eighteenth-century....Loe edasi...
Spirit Possession and Communication in Religious and Cultural Contexts explores the phenomenon of spirit possession, focusing on the religious and cultural functions it serves as a means of communication....Loe edasi...
In contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes devoted to historical, cultural, or theological treatments of demonology, this collection features newly written papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philoso...Loe edasi...
Demonology the intellectual study of demons and their powers contributed to the prosecution of thousands of witches. With recent scholarship having abandoned the link between the two fields, this volume reconnects our understandings of demonology...Loe edasi...
This collection brings together new papers addressing the philosophical challenges that the concept of a Devil presents. Contributors approach the idea of the Devil from a variety of philosophical traditions, methodologies, and styles, providing a c...Loe edasi...
The Church of Satan was founded by Anton LaVey on April 30, 1966. Religious Satanism exists primarily as a decentralized subculture with a strong internet presence within a larger Satanic milieu in Western culture. This book brings together a group...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 15-Jun-2005, Kirjastus: Central European University Press, ISBN-13: 9781003718864)
This book focuses on the problem of communication with the other world, examining how humans have historically attempted to bridge the gap between the living and spiritual realms through various religious and mystical practices....Loe edasi...
Gathering together the vast literature on witchcraft related issues published in the last decade, this six-volume set provides a cross-disciplinary and comprehensive overview of the occult and its implications....Loe edasi...
Gathering together the vast literature on witchcraft related issues published in the last decade, this six-volume set provides a cross-disciplinary and comprehensive overview of the occult and its implications....Loe edasi...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult....Loe edasi...
Gathering together literature on witchcraft-related issues published between 1990 and 2000, this six-volume set focuses on issues such as gender, government and law, the culture of religion and the occult....Loe edasi...
