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Auteur(s) : Levack, Brian P. (1943-....)
Titre(s) : The Devil within [Texte imprimé] : possession & exorcism in the Christian West / Brian Levack
Publication : New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XII, 346 pages) : illustrations ; 25 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-335) and index
In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the era of the Reformation, thousands
of Europeans were thought to be possessed by demons. This book focuses on possession
and exorcism in the Reformation period, and also reaches back to the fifteenth century
and forward to our own times ; 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 objects, and
others -- exorcists were summoned to expel the evil spirits from victimsʹ bodies.
This compelling book focuses on possession and exorcism in the Reformation period,
but also reaches back to the fifteenth century and forward to our own times. Entire
convents of nuns in French, Italian, and Spanish towns, 30 boys in an Amsterdam orphanage,
a small group of young girls in Salem, Massachusetts -- these are among the instances
of demon possession in the United States and throughout Europe that Brian Levack closely
examines, taking into account the diverse interpretations of generations of theologians,
biblical scholars, pastors, physicians, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and historians.
Challenging the commonly held belief that possession signals physical or mental illness,
the author argues that demoniacs and exorcists -- consciously or not -- are following
their various religious cultures, and their performances can only be understood in
those contexts. -- Publisher description
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Autre forme du titre : Possession and exorcism in the Christian West
Sujet(s) : Exorcisme -- Europe -- Histoire
Possession diabolique -- Europe -- Histoire
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780300114720 (cl) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0300114729 (cl) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438879394
Notice n° :
FRBNF43887939
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