Author: Elizabeth Sarah Reis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Covenant theology
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Satan's Familiars
Author: Elizabeth Sarah Reis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Covenant theology
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Covenant theology
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Witchcraft, the Devil, and Emotions in Early Modern England
Author: Charlotte-Rose Millar
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134769814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This book represents the first systematic study of the role of the Devil in English witchcraft pamphlets for the entire period of state-sanctioned witchcraft prosecutions (1563-1735). It provides a rereading of English witchcraft, one which moves away from an older historiography which underplays the role of the Devil in English witchcraft and instead highlights the crucial role that the Devil, often in the form of a familiar spirit, took in English witchcraft belief. One of the key ways in which this book explores the role of the Devil is through emotions. Stories of witches were made up of a complex web of emotionally implicated accusers, victims, witnesses, and supposed perpetrators. They reveal a range of emotional experiences that do not just stem from malefic witchcraft but also, and primarily, from a witch’s links with the Devil. This book, then, has two main objectives. First, to suggest that English witchcraft pamphlets challenge our understanding of English witchcraft as a predominantly non-diabolical crime, and second, to highlight how witchcraft narratives emphasized emotions as the primary motivation for witchcraft acts and accusations.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1134769814
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
This book represents the first systematic study of the role of the Devil in English witchcraft pamphlets for the entire period of state-sanctioned witchcraft prosecutions (1563-1735). It provides a rereading of English witchcraft, one which moves away from an older historiography which underplays the role of the Devil in English witchcraft and instead highlights the crucial role that the Devil, often in the form of a familiar spirit, took in English witchcraft belief. One of the key ways in which this book explores the role of the Devil is through emotions. Stories of witches were made up of a complex web of emotionally implicated accusers, victims, witnesses, and supposed perpetrators. They reveal a range of emotional experiences that do not just stem from malefic witchcraft but also, and primarily, from a witch’s links with the Devil. This book, then, has two main objectives. First, to suggest that English witchcraft pamphlets challenge our understanding of English witchcraft as a predominantly non-diabolical crime, and second, to highlight how witchcraft narratives emphasized emotions as the primary motivation for witchcraft acts and accusations.
Satan's Schemes: A Personal Journey From New Age to a Daughter of Christ
Author: Cynthia J. Ashton
Publisher: Swinger Publishing
ISBN: 1739050223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
SATAN'S SCHEMES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM NEW AGE TO A DAUGHTER OF CHRIST This book will transform the way you think of New Age Religion. It teaches you the hidden secrets deep within false practices, as well as how Jesus can be your true Savior. Satan’s Schemes: A Personal Journey From New Age to a Daughter of Christ shows the intrepid story of author Cynthia J. Ashton, as she found Jesus as a born-again Christian after following New Age practices for over 25 years. It discusses the following topics and much more: - The dangers of a rising New Age Religion - Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters - The Three Cs of New Age - How Satan’s deceptions lie within TV, Books, and Music - The Issues with Reiki, Energy Healing, and Acupuncture - Spiritual Warfare - The Armor of God The main purpose of this book is to show how easy it is to fall for Satan’s tricks. Even some the most innocent practices summon demons into your home! Therefore, it is critical that you know why you must accept Jesus, and how to do it properly. But accepting Jesus isn’t enough. You must also know what practices to avoid, and that’s what Ashton teaches.
Publisher: Swinger Publishing
ISBN: 1739050223
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 82
Book Description
SATAN'S SCHEMES: A PERSONAL JOURNEY FROM NEW AGE TO A DAUGHTER OF CHRIST This book will transform the way you think of New Age Religion. It teaches you the hidden secrets deep within false practices, as well as how Jesus can be your true Savior. Satan’s Schemes: A Personal Journey From New Age to a Daughter of Christ shows the intrepid story of author Cynthia J. Ashton, as she found Jesus as a born-again Christian after following New Age practices for over 25 years. It discusses the following topics and much more: - The dangers of a rising New Age Religion - Spirit Guides and Ascended Masters - The Three Cs of New Age - How Satan’s deceptions lie within TV, Books, and Music - The Issues with Reiki, Energy Healing, and Acupuncture - Spiritual Warfare - The Armor of God The main purpose of this book is to show how easy it is to fall for Satan’s tricks. Even some the most innocent practices summon demons into your home! Therefore, it is critical that you know why you must accept Jesus, and how to do it properly. But accepting Jesus isn’t enough. You must also know what practices to avoid, and that’s what Ashton teaches.
The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca
Author: Rosemary Guiley
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438126840
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Praise for the previous editions:"Clearly the best reference work on the subject now available."
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 1438126840
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Praise for the previous editions:"Clearly the best reference work on the subject now available."
The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme
Author: Richard Baxter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Theology
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Devil and the Land of the Holy Cross
Author: Laura de Mello e Souza
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292787510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Using richly detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials, Mello e Souza reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Her work shows how the Inquisition reinforced the view held in Europe (particularly Portugal) that the colony was a purgatory where those who had sinned were exiled, a place where the Devil had a wide range of opportunities. Her focus on the three centuries of the colonial period, the multiple regions in Brazil, and the Indian, African, and Portuguese traditions of magic, witchcraft, and healing, make the book comprehensive in scope. Stuart Schwartz of Yale University says, "It is arguably the best book of this genre about Latin America...all in all, a wonderful book." Alida Metcalf of Trinity University, San Antonio, says, "This book is a major contribution to the field of Brazilian history...the first serious study of popular religion in colonial Brazil...Mello e Souza is a wonderful writer."
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292787510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Originally published in Brazil as O Diabo e a Terra de Santa Cruz, this translation from the Portuguese analyzes the nature of popular religion and the ways it was transferred to the New World in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Using richly detailed transcripts from Inquisition trials, Mello e Souza reconstructs how Iberian, indigenous, and African beliefs fused to create a syncretic and magical religious culture in Brazil. Focusing on sorcery, the author argues that European traditions of witchcraft combined with practices of Indians and African slaves to form a uniquely Brazilian set of beliefs that became central to the lives of the people in the colony. Her work shows how the Inquisition reinforced the view held in Europe (particularly Portugal) that the colony was a purgatory where those who had sinned were exiled, a place where the Devil had a wide range of opportunities. Her focus on the three centuries of the colonial period, the multiple regions in Brazil, and the Indian, African, and Portuguese traditions of magic, witchcraft, and healing, make the book comprehensive in scope. Stuart Schwartz of Yale University says, "It is arguably the best book of this genre about Latin America...all in all, a wonderful book." Alida Metcalf of Trinity University, San Antonio, says, "This book is a major contribution to the field of Brazilian history...the first serious study of popular religion in colonial Brazil...Mello e Souza is a wonderful writer."
Plagues, Priests, and Demons
Author: Daniel T. Reff
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139442787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Drawing on anthropology, religious studies, history, and literary theory, Plagues, Priests, and Demons explores significant parallels in the rise of Christianity in the late Roman empire and colonial Mexico. Evidence shows that new forms of infectious disease devastated the late Roman empire and Indian America, respectively, contributing to pagan and Indian interest in Christianity. Christian clerics and monks in early medieval Europe, and later Jesuit missionaries in colonial Mexico, introduced new beliefs and practices as well as accommodated indigenous religions, especially through the cult of the saints. The book is simultaneously a comparative study of early Christian and later Spanish missionary texts. Similarities in the two literatures are attributed to similar cultural-historical forces that governed the 'rise of Christianity' in Europe and the Americas.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781139442787
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Drawing on anthropology, religious studies, history, and literary theory, Plagues, Priests, and Demons explores significant parallels in the rise of Christianity in the late Roman empire and colonial Mexico. Evidence shows that new forms of infectious disease devastated the late Roman empire and Indian America, respectively, contributing to pagan and Indian interest in Christianity. Christian clerics and monks in early medieval Europe, and later Jesuit missionaries in colonial Mexico, introduced new beliefs and practices as well as accommodated indigenous religions, especially through the cult of the saints. The book is simultaneously a comparative study of early Christian and later Spanish missionary texts. Similarities in the two literatures are attributed to similar cultural-historical forces that governed the 'rise of Christianity' in Europe and the Americas.
The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme: The unreasonableness of infidelity. The reasons of the Christian religion
Author: Richard Baxter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The Practical Works of the Rev. Richard Baxter, with a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings
Author: Richard Baxter
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
The Devil's Disciples
Author: Susanna Gregory
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 0748124500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. ------------------------------------ The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University. Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand... Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease and now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious 'Sorcerer', an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil and church leaders from power. One murder, another unexplained death, a font filled with blood, a desecreated grave - all bear the hallmarks of the Sorcerer's hand, only the identity of the magician remains a mystery. One which Matthew Barthlomew must quickly get to the bottom of in order for he and his University colleagues to be free from danger...
Publisher: Sphere
ISBN: 0748124500
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. ------------------------------------ The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University. Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand... Rumours of plague threaten Cambridge again, ten years after the Black Death had almost laid waste to the town. Neither the church nor its priests had defended people from the disease and now they turn elsewhere for protection, to pagan ritual and magical potions. It is a ripe atmosphere to be exploited by the mysterious 'Sorcerer', an anonymous magician whose increasing influence seems certain to oust both civil and church leaders from power. One murder, another unexplained death, a font filled with blood, a desecreated grave - all bear the hallmarks of the Sorcerer's hand, only the identity of the magician remains a mystery. One which Matthew Barthlomew must quickly get to the bottom of in order for he and his University colleagues to be free from danger...