The Devil Is Disorder

Author : Rebecca Lynch
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789204889

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The Devil is Disorder by Rebecca Lynch Pdf

What role might the Devil have in health and illness? The Devil is Disorder explores constructions of the body, health, illness and wider misfortune in a Trinidadian village where evangelical Christianity is growing in popularity. Based on long-term ethnography and locating the village in historical and global context, the book takes a nuanced cosmological approach to situate evangelical Christian understandings as shaping and being shaped by their context and, in the process, shaping individuals themselves. As people move from local to global subjects, health here stretches beyond being a matter of individual bodies and is connected to worldwide flows and networks, spirit entities, and expansive moral orders.

Author : Rebecca Lynch
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789204872

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The Devil is Disorder by Rebecca Lynch Pdf

What role might the Devil have in health and illness? The Devil is Disorder explores constructions of the body, health, illness and wider misfortune in a Trinidadian village where evangelical Christianity is growing in popularity. Based on long-term ethnography and locating the village in historical and global context, the book takes a nuanced cosmological approach to situate evangelical Christian understandings as shaping and being shaped by their context and, in the process, shaping individuals themselves. As people move from local to global subjects, health here stretches beyond being a matter of individual bodies and is connected to worldwide flows and networks, spirit entities, and expansive moral orders.

Author : Jean La Fontaine
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317035923

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The Devil's Children by Jean La Fontaine Pdf

A number of cases of serious child abuse have resulted from beliefs that children may be possessed by evil spirits and may then be given the power to bewitch others. Misfortune, failure, illness and even death may be blamed on them. The 'cure', nowadays called deliverance rather than exorcism, is to expel the spirits, sometimes by violent means. This book draws together contributions on aspects of possession and witchcraft from leading academics and expert practitioners in the field. It has been put together following conferences held by Inform, a charity that provides accurate information on new religions as a public service. There is no comparable information publicly available; this book is the first of its kind. Eileen Barker, founder of Inform, introduces the subject and Inform's Deputy Director goes on to detail the requests the charity has answered in recent years on the subject of children, possession and witchcraft. This book offers an invaluable resource for readers, whether academic or practitioner - particularly those in the fields of the safeguarding of children, and their education, health and general welfare.

Author : Shannon Lee Dawdy
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226138435

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Building the Devil's Empire by Shannon Lee Dawdy Pdf

Building the Devil’s Empire is the first comprehensive history of New Orleans’s early years, tracing the town’s development from its origins in 1718 to its revolt against Spanish rule in 1768. Shannon Lee Dawdy’s picaresque account of New Orleans’s wild youth features a cast of strong-willed captives, thin-skinned nobles, sharp-tongued women, and carousing travelers. But she also widens her lens to reveal the port city’s global significance, examining its role in the French Empire and the Caribbean, and she concludes that by exemplifying a kind of rogue colonialism—where governments, outlaws, and capitalism become entwined—New Orleans should prompt us to reconsider our notions of how colonialism works. "[A] penetrating study of the colony's founding."—Nation “A brilliant and spirited reinterpretation of the emergence of French New Orleans. Dawdy leads us deep into the daily life of the city, and along the many paths that connected it to France, the North American interior, and the Greater Caribbean. A major contribution to our understanding of the history of the Americas and of the French Atlantic, the work is also a model of interdisciplinary research and analysis, skillfully bringing together archival research, archaeology, and literary analysis.”—Laurent Dubois, Duke University

Author : Vera B. Profit
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789401211260

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The Devil Next Door by Vera B. Profit Pdf

Rather than theoretical or abstract, above all else, this monograph endeavors to serve as a practical guide, a handbook for helping us navigate a dark terrain. It neither presumes to examine the sources of evil nor suggest radical cures. These pages strive only to continue the process of naming the signs of individual evil that we might recognize these persons before they inflict even more damage. Scott Peck says it best. “If evil were easy to recognize, identify, and manage, there would be no need for this book.” Of course, he was referring to his own pioneering treatise; given the realities of our day, the need remains as great as ever. Vera B. Profit is Professor of German and Comparative Literature, University of Notre Dame. Previous monographs include: Interpretations of Iwan Goll’s late Poetry with a comprehensive and annotated Bibliography of the Writings by and about Iwan Goll, Ein Porträt meiner Selbst: Karl Krolow’s Autobiographical Poems (1945-1958) and Their French Sources, Menschlich: Gespräche mit Karl Krolow. She earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature (French and German) at the University of Rochester, NY, and spent two years studying abroad: one at the University of Vienna, the other at the Sorbonne.

Author : Dean Murphy DDS
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2008-07-11
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781426941382

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The Devil's Poison by Dean Murphy DDS Pdf

Fluoride and fluoridation will go down as one of the greatest controversies of the 20th century. Up until the early 1940’s, fluorine’s effect on life was always deemed poisonous. It was proven to be altering enzymes used by living organisms to carry out a multitude of essential processes. Fluorine, the most reactive element on the planet, is also the strongest free radical. Scientists in the 1930’s and 1940’s experimented with this element to create the most deadly nerve gasses, rocket fuel, and radioactive U235 for the bomb. As a wood preservative, rodentcide and insecticide, fluorine compounds are second to none. As an Orthodontist, I began investigating the increasingly prevalent lines and spots that I saw on the enamel of children. Like rings on a tree, they indicate excessive fluorine exposure. I started to ask the question, “How does fluorine cause these marks?” Chronic doses of fluoride, like arsenic and lead, accumulate in our bodies causing a blockage in the way cells breathe and leads to the malformation of collagen. Cancer, diabetes, thyroid and neurological disorders, hormonal imbalances, heart disease, arthritis and osteoporosis have all been linked to chronic fluoride ingestion. We are now exposed to increasing doses of fluoride from toothpaste, rinses, water, food, medicines, showering, bathing, and even the air that we breathe. Our environment has become a literal fluoride dumping ground. This book explores many chronic diseases that plague man today and looks at the scientists that connected these diseases to chronic exposures of fluoride.

Author : Girolamo Menghi
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2002-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 157863265X

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The Devil's Scourge by Girolamo Menghi Pdf

This is a complete English translation of a Renaissance exorcist's manual. It is a concise history of demonology and contains accounts of seven exorcisms as well as Menghi's manual. Paxia's commentary explains what the signs of demonic possession are and who are the most vulnerable. Paxia also looks at Menghi's life in detail, including how he exorcised people and what objects he used during the ceremony.

Author : Granville SHARP (Philanthropist.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1807
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023937569

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The Case of Saul, Shewing that His Disorder was a Real Spiritual Possession ... To which is Added a Short Tract Wherein the Influence of Demons are [sic] Further Illustrated by Remarks on 1 Tim. Iv. 1-3 by Granville SHARP (Philanthropist.) Pdf

Author : Lauren B. Alloy,John H. Riskind
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2006-04-21
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135648787

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Cognitive Vulnerability to Emotional Disorders by Lauren B. Alloy,John H. Riskind Pdf

In this book, which advances clinical science and clinical practice, experts present the broad synthesis of what we have learnt about nature, origins, and clinical ramifications of the general and specific cognitive factors that seem to play a crucial role in creating and maintaining vulnerability across the spectrum of emotional disorders.

Author : Brian Masters
Publisher : Random House
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781448110377

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The Evil That Men Do by Brian Masters Pdf

Born of a preoccupation with saints and sinners, The Evil That Men Do is Brian Masters' investigation into the nature of good and evil, and the different ways in which they can be manifested. It examines the fundamental questions of why we are as we are: why we are good, why we care for one another, why we can be altruistic and kind as well as selfish and cruel. According to science, we are prisoners of our genetic inheritance. Are our impulses therefore to some extent inescapable, compelling us to behave in a certain manner, irrespective of the guidelines imposed by instinct or civilization? Or can we determine our individual patterns of behaviour? Do we really have a choice? Using a diverse multitude of examples, from St. Francis of Assisi, Audrey Hepburn, Bruce Chatwin and Bob Geldof to the Marquis de Sade, Adolf Hitler and Peter Sutcliffe, from the Spanish Inquisition to Nazi Germany to the Vietnam War, Brian Masters examines this age-old yet intensely contemporary subject. At a time when civilization seems on the verge of meltdown, he has produced an incisive, thoughtful and provocative meditation on a fundamental human question.

Author : Amanda Stevens
Publisher : Harlequin
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781460301562

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The Devil's Footprints by Amanda Stevens Pdf

The footprints were etched in the snow for miles, passing through walls and crossing rivers…appearing on the other side as though no barrier could stop them. In 1922 a farmer in Adamant, Arkansas, awakes to a noise on his roof and finds his snow-blanketed yard marked with thousands of cloven footprints. The prints vanish with the melting snow…only to reappear seventy years later near the gruesome killing of Rachel DeLaune. Years after her sister’s unsolved murder, New Orleans tattoo artist Sarah DeLaune is haunted by the mysteries of her past. Sarah has always believed that her sister was killed by a man named Ashe Cain. But no one else had ever seen Ashe. He had “appeared” to Sarah when she needed a friend the most, only to vanish on the night of her sister’s murder. The past bleeds into the present when two mutilated bodies are found near Sarah’s home, the crime scene desecrated by cloven footprints.

Author : Michel Pastoureau
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2003-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780743453264

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The Devil's Cloth by Michel Pastoureau Pdf

To stripe a surface serves to distinguish it, to point it out, to oppose it or associate it with another surface, and thus to classify it, to keep an eye on it, to verify it, even to censor it. Throughout the ages, the stripe has made its mark in mysterious ways. From prisoners' uniforms to tailored suits, a street sign to a set of sheets, Pablo Picasso to Saint Joseph, stripes have always made a bold statement. But the boundary that separates the good stripe from the bad is often blurred. Why, for instance, were stripes associated with the devil during the Middle Ages? How did stripes come to symbolize freedom and unity after the American and French revolutions? When did the stripe become a standard in men's fashion? "In the stripe," writes author Michel Pastoureau, "there is something that resists enclosure within systems." So before putting on that necktie or waving your country's flag, look to The Devil's Cloth for a colorful history of the stripe in all its variety, controversy, and connotation.

Author : Allan Wood
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781496994479

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The Devil's List by Allan Wood Pdf

Detective Inspector Bob Buchanan, in his quest for the truth, has uncovered evil in its vilest form. This evil has been nurtured within the community for generations. This evil having infiltrated every facet of a once decent society, now threatens to destroy anyone who tries to interfere. DI Buchanan’s survival depends on his ability to fight this evil on its own terms and on its own territory. His long term friends and colleagues are no longer what they seem; any misplaced trust will spell disaster. The local community of Calderhill is steeped in traditions and folklore that are alien to all normal human traits. Buchanan finds himself inexplicably linked with the past history and the future survival of the inhabitants of Calderhill. Taking sides and entering into the eternal struggle for survival in a battle between good and evil can only be decided once you decide which side is which. This book, ‘The Devil’s list’ is the sequel to ‘Livestock’, a must read before continuing on this nightmare journey. The final chapter in this trilogy, ‘Calderhill’ sets the stage for the epic battle between the communities good and evil The final outcome of which will seal the fate of Detective Buchanan and that of those around him.

Author : Eliphas Levi
Publisher : Weiser Books
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000-10-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0877289387

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The Great Secret Or Occultism Unveiled by Eliphas Levi Pdf

The Great Secret completes a trilogy of books by Eliphas Levi published in his "Studies in Hermetic Tradition" series, the two previous volumes being The Book of Splendours and The Mysteries of the Qabalah. Taken together these writings represent a fitting memorial to one who "has been both the keeper of the hermetic tradition and the absolute renovator of esoteric thinking in Europe in the 19th century". "You will be as gods, knowing good and evil". So concludes what Eliphas Levi considered to be his last testament, his most important and final treatise, and a summation of his esoteric philosophy. This volume is the conclusion of the work he started with Book One, The Hieratic Mystery or the Traditional Documents of High Initiation, published as The Book of Splendours (Weiser, 1984). The Great Secret contains his final two works: Book Two, The Royal Mystery or Art of Subduing the Powers, in which Levi discusses such topics as Evil, the Outer Darkness, the Great Secret, Magical Sacrifice, Evocations, the Arcana of Solomon's Ring, and the Terrible Secret. Book Three, The Sacerdotal Mystery or the Art of Being Served by Spirits, covers Aberrant Forces, the Chaining of the Devil, Sacred and Accursed Rites, Divination, Dark Intelligence, and the Great Arcanum.

Author : Alex DiBlasi,Robert McParland
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-30
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476633947

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Finding God in the Devil's Music by Alex DiBlasi,Robert McParland Pdf

From the rise of the American Evangelical movement to the introduction of Eastern philosophies in the West, the past century has seen major changes in the religious makeup of Western culture. As one result, musicians across the world have brought both "new" and old religious beliefs into their works. This book investigates rock music as an expression of religious inquiry and religious devotion. Contributors to this essay collection use a variety of sources, including artist biographies, record and concert reviews, videos, personal experience, rock music forums and social media in order to investigate the relationship of rock music and religion from a number of perspectives. The essays also explore public interest in religion as a platform for expression and social critique, viewing this issue through the lens of popular rock music.