The Mysticism Of Marginal Spirits
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The Mysticism Of Marginal Spirits
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Author : José Jorge de Carvalho
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
The Mysticism Of Marginal Spirits written by José Jorge de Carvalho and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Brazil categories.
Believe Not Every Spirit
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Author : Moshe Sluhovsky
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2008-11-15
Believe Not Every Spirit written by Moshe Sluhovsky and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-15 with Religion categories.
From 1400 through 1700, the number of reports of demonic possessions among European women was extraordinarily high. During the same period, a new type of mysticism—popular with women—emerged that greatly affected the risk of possession and, as a result, the practice of exorcism. Many feared that in moments of rapture, women, who had surrendered their souls to divine love, were not experiencing the work of angels, but rather the ravages of demons in disguise. So how then, asks Moshe Sluhovsky, were practitioners of exorcism to distinguish demonic from divine possessions? Drawing on unexplored accounts of mystical schools and spiritual techniques, testimonies of the possessed, and exorcism manuals, Believe Not Every Spirit examines how early modern Europeans dealt with this dilemma. The personal experiences of practitioners, Sluhovsky shows, trumped theological knowledge. Worried that this could lead to a rejection of Catholic rituals, the church reshaped the meaning and practices of exorcism, transforming this healing rite into a means of spiritual interrogation. In its efforts to distinguish between good and evil, the church developed important new explanatory frameworks for the relations between body and soul, interiority and exteriority, and the natural and supernatural.
The New Testament For English Readers Containing The Authorized Version With Marginal Corrections Of Readings And Renderings And A Comm By H Alford 2 Vols In 4 Pt
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Author : Henry Alford
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1865
The New Testament For English Readers Containing The Authorized Version With Marginal Corrections Of Readings And Renderings And A Comm By H Alford 2 Vols In 4 Pt written by Henry Alford and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1865 with categories.
Transnational Faiths
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Author : Hugo Córdova Quero
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-02-17
Transnational Faiths written by Hugo Córdova Quero and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-02-17 with Religion categories.
Japan has witnessed the arrival of thousands of immigrants, since the 1990s, from Latin America, especially from Brazil and Peru. Along with immigrants from other parts of the world, they all express the new face of Japan - one of multiculturality and multi-ethnicity. Newcomers are having a strong impact in local faith communities and playing an unexpected role in the development of communities. This book focuses on the role that faith and religious institutions play in the migrants' process of settlement and integration. The authors also focus on the impact of immigrants' religiosity amidst religious groups formerly established in Japan. Religion is an integral aspect of the displacement and settlement process of immigrants in an increasing multi-ethnic, multicultural and pluri-religious contemporary Japan. Religious institutions and their social networks in Japan are becoming the first point of contact among immigrants. This book exposes and explores the often missed connection of the positive role of religion and faith-based communities in facilitating varied integrative ways of belonging for immigrants. The authors highlight the faith experiences of immigrants themselves by bringing their voices through case studies, interviews, and ethnographic research throughout the book to offer an important contribution to the exploration of multiculturalism in Japan.
Spiritual Currency In Northeast Brazil
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Author : Lindsey King
language : en
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Release Date : 2014-12-15
Spiritual Currency In Northeast Brazil written by Lindsey King and has been published by University of New Mexico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-15 with History categories.
This book examines the spiritual community of the followers of St. Francis of Wounds in the town of Canindé in northeast Brazil. Their tradition involves pilgrimage and the practice of crafting unique offerings in payment for healing and reversal of bad fortune--a practice predating Christianity and brought to the new world by explorers and early European colonial powers. King argues that these marginalized Brazilians, living in a region where poverty is endemic, use St. Francis of Wounds to replace the medical and social services that the government has failed to provide. She further illustrates the evolution of the regional practice with photographs documenting all stages of this tradition, especially the folk art ex-votos used to pay for the saint's intervention.
Medieval Texts In Context
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Author : Graham D. Caie
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-04-01
Medieval Texts In Context written by Graham D. Caie and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
This collection of essays by leading experts in manuscript studies sheds new light on ways to approach medieval texts in their manuscript context. Each contribution provides groundbreaking insight into the field of medieval textual culture, demonstrating the various interconnections between medieval material and literary traditions. The contributors’ work aids reconstruction of the period’s writing practices, as contextual factors surrounding the texts provide clues to the ‘manuscript experience’. Topics such as scribal practice and textual providence, glosses, rubrics, page lay-out, and even page ruling, are addressed in a manner illustrative and suggestive of textual practice of the time, while the volume further considers the interface between the manuscript and early textual communities. Looking at medieval inventories of books no longer extant, and addressing questions such as ownership, reading practices and textual production, Medieval Texts in Context addresses the fundamental interpretative issue of how scribe-editors worked with an eye to their intended audience. An understanding of the world inhabited by the scribal community is made use of to illuminate the rationale behind the manufacture of devotional texts. The combination of approaches to the medieval vernacular manuscript presented in this volume is unique, marking a major, innovative contribution to manuscript studies.
Ngoma
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Author : John M. Janzen
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 1992-10-21
Ngoma written by John M. Janzen and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-10-21 with Social Science categories.
Ngoma, in Bantu, means drum, song, performance, and healing cult or association. A widespread form of ritual healing in Central and Southern Africa, ngoma is fully investigated here for the first time and interpreted in a contemporary context. John Janzen's daring study incorporates drumming and spirit possession into a broader, institutional profile that emphasizes the varieties of knowledge and social forms and also the common elements of "doing ngoma." Drawing on his recent field research in Kinshasa, Dar-es-Salaam, Mbabane, and Capetown, Janzen reveals how ngoma transcends national and social boundaries. Spoken and sung discourses about affliction, extended counseling, reorientation of the self or household, and the creation of networks that link the afflicted, their kin, and their healers are all central to ngoma—and familiar to Western self-help institutions as well. Students of African healing and also those interested in the comparative and historical study of medicine, religion, and music will find Ngoma a valuable and thought-provoking book.
Ecstatic Religion
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Author : I. M. Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2003
Ecstatic Religion written by I. M. Lewis and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Ecstasy categories.
First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
The Converso S Return
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Author : Dalia Kandiyoti
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2020-08-04
The Converso S Return written by Dalia Kandiyoti and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-08-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Five centuries after the forced conversion of Spanish and Portuguese Jews to Catholicism, stories of these conversos' descendants uncovering long-hidden Jewish roots have come to light and taken hold of the literary and popular imagination. This seemingly remote history has inspired a wave of contemporary writing involving hidden artifacts, familial whispers and secrets, and clandestine Jewish ritual practices pointing to a past that had been presumed dead and buried. The Converso's Return explores the cultural politics and literary impact of this reawakened interest in converso and crypto-Jewish history, ancestry, and identity, and asks what this fascination with lost-and-found heritage can tell us about how we relate to and make use of the past. Dalia Kandiyoti offers nuanced interpretations of contemporary fictional and autobiographical texts about crypto-Jews in Cuba, Mexico, New Mexico, Spain, France, the Ottoman Empire, and Turkey. These works not only imagine what might be missing from the historical archive but also suggest an alternative historical consciousness that underscores uncommon convergences of and solidarities within Sephardi, Christian, Muslim, converso, and Sabbatean histories. Steeped in diaspora, Sephardi, transamerican, Iberian, and world literature studies, The Converso's Return illuminates how the converso narrative can enrich our understanding of history, genealogy, and collective memory.
Hasidism
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Author : Moshe Idel
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 2012-02-01
Hasidism written by Moshe Idel and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-01 with History categories.
Approaches Hasidism as an important stage in Jewish mysticism, rather than as a mere reaction to or result of historical and social forces.