Dissertations / Theses: 'Exorcism'

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Fernandes, Márcio Luiz. "As bênçãos e a prática de exorcismos na primeira metade do século XX, na paróquia de Cascalho." Universidade de São Paulo, 2001. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/59/59137/tde-19102001-085245/.

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O presente trabalho procura investigar os conhecimentos "psicológicos" elaborados por imigrantes italianos em uma ex-colônia situada em Cascalho, município de Cordeirópolis, estado de São Paulo, no período de 1911 a 1953 e como passam a fazer parte da cultura popular. A vida religiosa dessa colônia organizou-se em torno do padre Luis Stefanello (1878-1964), que foi o formador e orientador de várias gerações de fiéis. A pesquisa tem como objetivo revelar o que sobrevive da imagem do padre Stefanello na lembrança dos mais velhos da comunidade e examinar as relações entre história e memória do grupo. Nossa pesquisa baseia-se em dois grupos de fontes: 1) fontes documentárias escritas referentes à história do padre Stefanello e de sua comunidade paroquial; 2) fontes de tipo oral, a saber, entrevistas abertas com testemunhas que conviveram com o referido padre. Estes dois grupos de materiais foram analisados em conjunto, observando a convergência dos indícios, permitindo assim uma narrativa sobre a vida do padre Stefanello e sua comunidade. A leitura fenomenológica dos relatos, a partir da abordagem filosófica de Paul Ricoeur e do historiador das religiões Gerardus van der Leeuw, nos fez valorizar a experiência pessoal e coletiva e as dimensões da experiência religiosa da comunidade. Conclui-se que a experiência do relacionamento entre o padre e a comunidade foi geradora de um elo que perdura até o presente. Os fenômenos da bênção e dos exorcismos são apenas um componente significativo deste diálogo da comunidade com a figura do padre o qual constituiu-se num ponto de referência muito significativo para a formação e a estruturação daquela mesma comunidade.
This paper aims to investigate the "psychological" knowledge developed by Italian immigrants in a former colony located in Cascalho, a district of Cordeirópolis, in São Paulo, between 1911 and 1953 and the way it has become part of the mass culture. This colony religious life was established by Father Luis Stefanello (1878 - 1964), who was the leader for several generations of followers. The research aims to reveal what is left of Father Stefanellos image in the old peoples mind who are still living in the community and to examine the relationship between history and these peoples memory. Our research is based on two source groups: 1) written document sources related to Father Stefanellos history and his parish; 2) oral sources, such as interviews with witnesses who lived with this priest. These two groups of sources were analyzed together, by observing the convergence of evidences thus allowing a narrative about Father Stefanellos life and his community. The phenomenological reading of the reports in the philosophical approach of Paul Ricoeur and of the religious historian Gerardus van der Leeuw made us value the personal and collective experience and the dimensions of the community religious experience. We conclude that the experience resulting from the relationship between the priest and the community generated a link that lasts up to now. The blessing and exorcism phenomena are only an outstanding part of this community interaction with the priest which is an important reference point for the formation and structure of that community itself.

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Bloomquist, John-Michael P. "A Lasting Exorcism." VCU Scholars Compass, 2016. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/4211.

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A Lasting Exorcism is a memoir about trying to find purity in alcoholism, drug abuse, fundamentalism, and egomania. This is a story about love grounding the spiritual quest and opening the self to the paradox of memory, how we engage with others as mirrors of ourselves to develop a compassionate understanding of the world.

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García, Valdez Leandro. "Aspectos generales del exorcismo católico y su desarrollo a través de la historia Europea y Latinoamericana." Cuadernos de Sofía, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/623020.

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Mediante el presente artículo revisaremos la evolución histórica del exorcismo, desde sus orígenes bíblicos hasta la actualidad, describiendo su paso por Europa y Latinoamérica. Asimismo, desarrollaremos sus aspectos generales. Para tal fin, describiremos los tipos de exorcismo, los pasos previos y el procedimiento del “gran exorcismo”, con el objetivo de comprobar su vigencia como uno de los sacramentales más importantes de la Iglesia Católica.
Through this article we will review the historical evolution of exorcism, from its biblical origins to the present, describing its passage through Europe and Latin America. Likewise, we will develop its general aspects. For this purpose, we will describe the types of exorcism, the previous steps and the procedure of the "great exorcism", in order to prove its validity as one of the most important sacramental of the Catholic Church.

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Jansson, Mikael. "The Power of Christ Compels You." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Religionshistoria, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-411482.

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This essay aims to explore and answer if the horror movies about exorcism stays true to the historical practices of the ritual. Or if the creators of these films made it all up. But also to see how the ritual has been portrayed in these movies over the years. Therefore I chose to analyse four different movies that is in different historic periods of the horror movie genre. Among these movies is the classic movie that started it all, The Exorcist. The other movies is representing periods that came after, with this essay we can also gather how society sees the rite of exorcism. The essay is going to present the history of the ritual, the various symptoms of possession and the classifications of getting an approved exorcism. We will focus on the roman-catholic tradition of this ritual, mainly because it is the version that the movies take most of their inspiration from.

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Thörnqvist, André. "Präster, psykiatriker och demoner : – En religionspsykologisk studie kring besatthet och exorcism, och användning av exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod." Thesis, Växjö University, School of Humanities, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1213.

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Uppsatsen Präster, psykiatriker och demoner – En religionspsykologisk studie kring besatthet och exorcism, och användning av exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod skildrar och analyserar frågan kring och om exorcism kan ha en användbar funktion inom modern psykologi och psykiatri. Problem och möjliga fördelar med exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod för psykisk störning studeras. Kan en sådan värdeladdad företeelse ha en plats i det moderna samhället och

inom vården? Inledande i uppsatsen ges en inblick i främst de katolska föreställningarna som rör besatthet och exorcism. Efter det inledande kapitlet ges en kort översikt av exorcismens historia, och den katolska kyrkans regelverk för bedömning av besatthet,och den själva utdrivningsritualen presenteras kort utifrån Rituale Romanum, den katolska kyrkans ritualbok. Även Vatikanens uppdatering av ritualen kring exorcism från 1999 skildras. I uppdateringen ska hänsyn till modern psykologi, psykiatri och medicin tas, men djävulen är självfallet samtidigt en realitet.I uppsatsens analys presenteras det valda internationella och svenska materialet som studerats. Besatthet och exorcism behandlas utifrån en inblick i problemen och

debatten som rör företeelsernas plats inom vården och samhället.

Diagnosproblematik, problem kring tro och vetande, och möjliga fördelar och belastningar med exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod tas upp. I uppsatsens slutsatser konstateras att en öppenhet för alla aspekter av fenomenet är viktigt för att bästa vård och hjälp ska kunna ges. Många aspekter måste tas i beaktning, och det är viktigare att hitta bästa lösningen på patientens problem än att bara se till egna åskådningar och förhållningssätt. Slutsatsen dras att för att kunna hjälpa någon som är i behov av psykisk vård och samtidigt rör sig inom en speciell religiös föreställningsvärld under speciella omständigheter kan exorcism vara en möjlig del av vården under kontrollerade former. Uppsatsens författare anser dock att exorcism och besatthet fortfarande kommer att vara mycket kontroversiellt och värdeladdat för många även om psykvården skulle ge ett erkännande av begreppet ”besatthet” som en diagnos och exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod.

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Collins, James Michael. "Exorcism and Christian enthusiasm in the twentieth century." Thesis, Middlesex University, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.436212.

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Sivinski, Daniel Jacobsen. "Hermeneutical exorcism and literary interpretation : a brief study on the problem of meaning and an existentialist interpretation of The Exorcist (1971)." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/25433.

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Interpretar sempre implicará uma grande jornada. Não é por acaso que esta prática esteja associada à figura mitológica de Hermes. O próprio ato reflexivo em torno da questão ‘o que significa significar’ envolve uma longa viagem. É dividindo a interpretação em dois momentos, ao qual nos referiremos amplamente apenas por ‘ontológico’ e ‘prático’, que esta dissertação adquire sua forma. Num primeiro momento, há uma problematização sobre a questão do significado numa perspectiva hermenêutica. Partindo da discussão engendrada na obra Politics of Interpretation (1983), e passando pela argumentação sobre ‘intencionalidade’ em interpretação textual, especificamente caracterizada na obra de E. D. Hirsch Jr. Validity in Interpretation (1967), busca-se um estudo introdutório sobre a questão do significado do texto literário em relação a um outro problema que é denominado como ‘o narcisismo do leitor’, para enfim culminar na proposta hermenêutica de Ricoeur. Ou seja, antes de especificamente lidar com a interpretação de O Exorcista (1971), busca-se uma abordagem teórica sobre a questão do significado. Num segundo momento, que não implica numa aplicação da teoria exposta, pois partimos do princípio que não há divisão entre teoria e prática, passamos à interpretação da obra The Exorcist (1971) de William Peter Blatty. Aborda-se esta obra por constituir-se um problema hermenêutico. Porém, a virada existencialista desta obra proposta por esta dissertação será precedida por uma releitura tanto do autor como um texto e sua conseqüente relação com a interpretação do romance, quanto por uma abordagem relacional entre não só a recepção crítica desta obra, assim como em relação aos demais romances do autor, na tentativa, primeiro, de demonstrar a insuficiência de caracterizações da obra como ‘horror’ e ‘teodicéia’, para, finalmente, propor a abertura da obra em direção a uma perspectiva existencialista.
Interpreting will always implicate a long journey. It is not by chance that this practice is associated to the mythological figure of Hermes. The very reflexive act about the question of ‘what it means to mean’ involves a longe travel. It is by dividing interpretation in two moments, which will be referred to merely as ‘ontological’ and ‘practical’, that this dissertation achieves its form. In a first moment, there is a problematization about the issue of meaning in a hermeneutical perspective. Beginning from a discussion engendered in the work Politics of Interpretation (1983), and passing through an argumentation about ‘intentionality’ in textual interpretation, more specifically characterized in E. D. Hirsch Jr.’s Validity in Interpretation (1967), we search an introductory study about the meaning of a literary text in relation to another problem which is denominated as ‘the narcissism of the reader’, in order to finally culminate in Ricoeur’s hermeneutical proposal. It means that, before specifically dealing with the interpretation of The Exorcist (1971), we seek a theoretical approach to the question of meaning. In a second moment, which does not implicate in the application of the exposed theory, since we follow the principle that there is no division between theory and practice, we develop an interpretation of William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist (1971). This work is approached because it configures a hermeneutical problem. However, the existentialist shift in this work proposed by this dissertation will be preceded by a reading of the author as a text and its consequent relation to the interpretation of the novel, as well as a relational approach not only to the specific critical reception of the mentioned title, but also in relation to the author’s other works, in the attempt, first, to demonstrate the insufficiency of the characterization of the novel as ‘horror’ or ‘theodicy’, and, finally, to propose the opening of the work in the direction of an existentialist perspective.

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Burkholder, Lawrence Edward. "Let my people go, a Mennonite theology of exorcism." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1999. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape10/PQDD_0019/MQ45476.pdf.

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Konya, Alex W. "New Testament exorcism its nature, practice, and implications for today /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1985. http://www.tren.com.

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Martinez, Maria Juliana. "Mirar (lo) violento| rebelion y exorcismo en la obra de Evelio Rosero Looking (at the) Violent| Rebellion and Exorcism in Evelio Rosero's Work." Thesis, University of California, Berkeley, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3561190.

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This dissertation explores the work of Colombian writer Evelio Rosero (1958), whose work-like many of his nation's generation, but with a radically new aesthetic and ethic proposal—focuses on violence and on the disappearance of people in the context of the armed conflict that has ravaged Colombia for the last thirty years.

Despite having a long and consistent literary career that started in the early eighties and having received prestigious awards, Rosero continues to be almost unknown both nationally and internationally. My dissertation contends that such lack of recognition is serious and that current conversations about Colombian literature and the representation of violence more broadly cannot be done without taking into account his disruptive work. Through a careful analysis of Rosero's most representative novels—Señor que no conoce la luna, En el lejero and Los Ejércitos—I examine the literary techniques the author uses to produce a space—both literary and political—that neither justifies nor exacerbates violence.

Based primarily on the concept of the spectral put forth by Jacques Derrida in Specters of Marx, on Mieke Bal's position on political art and on Jean-Luc Nancy's construction of rebellion in Noli me tangere, I demonstrate how Rosero's novels highlight the discourses and mechanisms that put into place and even sanction the violence they supposedly lament.

The dissertation is divided in three chapters. Chronologically organized, each one examines one of Rosero's most representative novels.

In the introduction I contextualize Rosero's literary work within the larger efforts to represent Colombia's violent situation. I argue that by focusing on disappearance, ambiguity and spectrality Rosero avoids the most common and problematic pitfalls of such texts. I take the position that by doing so Rosero gives visibility to the many ways in which a state of violence is (re)produced and represented -both aesthetically and politically—signalling a complicity (not necessarily deliberate) between the two.

The first chapter analyzes Señor que no conoce la luna. I argue that by focusing in the way los vestidos enslave and torture los desnudos due to their dual genitalia, Rosero shows the artificiality and arbitrariness of our social constructions and highlights how they are used to infringe extreme violence to a particular group of people. I contend that in the unregulated circulation of erotic desire Rosero finds a way out of this structure of abjection.

The second chapter deals with the radical "spectralization" that takes place in En el lejero. I take the position that Rosero's emphasis on the difficulty of identifying people and spaces, and his refusal to stabilize meaning are effective tools in dismantling a system of oppression and violence while opening a space for agency and solidarity.

The third and last chapter studies Rosero's most famous novel, Los Ejércitos. I read the novel's contrast between moments of intense visibility and instances of extreme obscurity and confusion as a way to underscore the violent nature of certain ways of looking at things and people. Rosero's insistence in our bonds with, and responsibility towards, what can no longer, not yet, be seen or heard is key to create a space for the political that is not based on violence and exclusion.

To conclude, I argue that through Jacques Derrida's "impure impure history of ghosts" Rosero develops an aesthetically astonishing and politically crucial way of re-counting and accounting for the violence that a prolonged state of warfare continues to (re)produce in Latin America.

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Sandberg, Jade. "Exorcism : som rituell praxis i Liberala Katolska Kyrkan i Sverige." Thesis, Ersta Sköndal Bräcke högskola, Institutionen för diakoni, kyrkomusik och teologi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:esh:diva-7738.

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Syftet i den här uppsatsen är att undersöka exorcism som rituell praxis i Liberala Katolska Kyrkan (LKK) i Sverige utifrån kyrkans historiska kontext. Vad är skälet till att exorcism utförs? Hur utförs exorcism? Vad är attityden till exorcism inom samfundet? Jag har intervjuat företrädare för kyrkan och observerat en exorcism, som inte ägt rum i kyrkans officiella regi, men där exorcisten var församlingsmedlem. Jag har också läst litteratur och tagit del av material som berör exorcism generellt och exorcism inom LKK specifikt.Exorcism som rituell praxis förekommer inom LKK och finns i kyrkans liturgi i dop av barn och vuxna, rening av föremål och vigvatten, välsignelse av hem och vid läkegudstjänst.I mitt material kan jag se en skillnad på hur exorcism uppfattas och förstås av företrädare för kyrkan och en i församlingen aktiv exorcist. Företrädarna uppfattar exorcism i första hand psykologiskt och symboliskt, medan exorcisten har en konkret uppfattning om demoners utdrivande. De närvarande vid den exorcism som jag observerade uppfattade den också som ett konkret utdrivande av en demon.Det finns som jag tolkar det inom LKK en öppen hållning till olika synsätt och praktiker. Biskopen uttrycker att det inte är kyrkans sak vad församlingsmedlemmar gör utanför det kyrkliga sammanhanget.Den rituella praxis som råder i LKK vad gäller exorcism, har sin historiska bakgrund i Romersk katolska kyrkan. Den relativt öppna och eklektiska hållningen vad gäller innebörden i handlingarna skulle som jag ser det kunna förstås mot bakgrund av den roll teosofin har spelat i kyrkans historiska utveckling.

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Paiva, Luiz Henrique Rodrigues. "Possessão e exorcismo: os múltiplos aspectos de um fenômeno." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2015. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=1084.

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Este trabalho tem como finalidade apresentar o fenômeno da possessão e exorcismo na tradição judaico-cristã, ao longo da história; partindo da antiguidade judaica até os dias atuais. A possessão demoníaca, bem como a prática do exorcismo, são temas estudados desde a antiguidade até os dias atuais. Pretende-se apresentar uma síntese, em chave historiográfica, desses fenômenos do Campo Religioso, além de uma análise crítica apoiada nos estudos de biblistas como Karl Kertelge, Antônio Lazarini Neto, Irineu José Rabuske e Luigi Schiavo e historiadores como Jaccques Le Goff e Jean Delumeau. Para que isso seja feito, o trabalho foi dividido em três capítulos: no primeiro, analisaremos a questão do panorama histórico do fenômeno; no segundo, retrataremos as evoluções sofridas no fenômeno mediante as crenças do mundo medieval e moderno, culminando na análise teológica do fenômeno de possessão e do exorcismo no último capítulo.
This work aims to present the phenomenon of possession and exorcism in the Judeo-Christian tradition throughout history; starting from the Jewish antiquity to the present day. Demonic possession, as well as the practice of exorcism, are studied themes from antiquity to the present day. It is intended to provide a summary, in historiographical key, these phenomena of Religious Realm, and a critical analysis supported in studies by scholars like Karl Kertelge, Antonio Lazarini Neto, José Irenaeus Rabuske and Luigi Schiavo and historians as Jaccques Le Goff and Jean Delumeau . For this to be done, the work was divided into three chapters: the first, we analyze the question of the historical overview of the phenomenon; in the second, portray the developments in the phenomenon suffered by the beliefs of the medieval and modern world, culminating in the theological analysis of the possession and exorcism phenomenon in the last chapter.

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Rosenberg, Eliza. "The representation and role of demon possession in Mark /." Thesis, McGill University, 2007. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101892.

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Demon possession and exorcism are major themes in the gospel of Mark. Since the Enlightenment, Mark's Western audience has often found them to difficult to interpret, especially in the case of possession itself. The author of Mark assumed that his audience would understand the idea of possession, an assumption that does not necessarily hold true for modern audiences. This study aims to provide some idea of what possession means in Mark. It proceeds with exegesis of Mark's possession pericopes and situates them within the context of ancient beliefs about demons and possession. Critical consideration of modern cross-disciplinary research related to possession is important in this task. So too is the history of modern interpretation and exegesis of Mark, which has offered insights as well as misapprehensions. The weight of evidence supports the conclusion that part of the spiritual importance of possession for Mark is its disorienting, frightening, and ultimately incomprehensible nature.

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Poliquin, Ben. "The practice and development of exorcism in the early Latin church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Batchelder, William G. IV. "The exorcism rituals of the Romano-Germanic Pontifical, a textual study." The Ohio State University, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1382547032.

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Onyinah, Opoku. "Akan witchcraft and the concept of exorcism in the Church of Pentecost." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/1694/.

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Witchcraft and "exorcisms" have dominated African cultures and posed problems for African people. This thesis is a study of the current exorcistic ministry within a Pentecostal church in Ghana with reference to the Akan culture. The general opinion gathered from current anthropological studies on witchcraft is that the ultimate goal of exorcism is to become modernised. However, using interdisciplinary studies with a theological focus, the thesis departs from this, and contends that it is divinatory-consultation or an inquiry into the sacred and the search for meaning that underlies the current "deliverance" ministry, where the focus is to identify and break down the so-called demonic forces by the power of God in order to "deliver" people from their torment. It represents a further attempt to contextualise the gospel to African people. However, its preoccupation with demonisation and its exorcistic practices are found to bring Christianity into tension with the Akan culture, family ties and other religions. Therefore, to develop a properly safeguarded ministry of exorcism in an African context, the thesis examines contextualisation and suggests that it includes the integration of divinatory-consultation, which the thesis claims underlies the biblical concept of prayer, into African Christianity.

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Klutz, Todd Emory. "With authority and power : a sociostylistic investigation of exorcism in Luke-Acts." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364194.

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Delgado, Valmir. "How important exorcism is toward an understanding of the relationship between culture and Christian faith in the context of the Brazilian church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.

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Ramos, Argentina Pinho Cavalcante. "Adesão de católicos ao evangelismo de prosperidade : uma análise dos motivos da mudança de denominação religiosa em São José da Coroa Grande." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2012. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=735.

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O objetivo de estudo deste trabalho concentra-se em analisar a adesão de católicos ao evangelismo de prosperidade, mediante o crescimento do Neopentecostalismo na contemporaneidade, tomando como referência o município de São José da Coroa Grande, situado em Pernambuco. Considere-se o aumento do número de fiéis que saem da Igreja Católica para a Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, a que mais se destacou, considerando-se que esse aumento está relacionado à sua representatividade no local, devido à sua atuação na cooptação de pessoas, conseguindo atrair novos adeptos e, ao mesmo tempo, manter os fiéis mais antigos. A coleta de dados foi feita por meio da observação participante na localidade durante as reuniões locais, entrevistas semiestruturadas e por uma vasta bibliografia consultada. Procuraremos enfocar os motivos e processos de conversões relevantes e de tanta aceitação pelos fiéis que fazem da Igreja Universal, a que conseguiu destacar-se em tão pouco tempo dentre as pentecostais

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Brockman, Brittany. "Spirit Possession, Exorcism, and the Power of Women in the Mid-Heian Period." Wittenberg University Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1338405581.

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Jean, Cynthia. "La magie néo-assyrienne en contexte: recherches sur le métier d'exorciste et le concept d'asiputu." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/211200.

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Ce travail examine le rôle d'un personnage qui est la clef de voûte pour une compréhension de la magie telle qu'elle s'inscrit dans la société mésopotamienne: l'âshipu, ou "exorciste". Le métier d'exorciste et concept-même de l'âshipûtu, ou "discipline de l'exorciste", n'avaient jamais fait l'objet d'une étude approfondie.

Quels rituels l'exorciste exécute, quels textes sont en sa possession, comment se transmet son savoir, quelle est sa place au palais et dans la structure sociale, sont autant de paramètres méconnus que ce travail tente d'exposer en profondeur pour l'époque néo-assyrienne. Le choix de cette époque est lié à l'abondance de témoignages disponibles, retrouvés notamment dans les palais royaux des Sargonides et dans des bibliothèques appartenant à des âshipu. En pratique, toutes les sources néo-assyriennes ont été prises en considération mais le hasard des découvertes et de la conservation des tablettes fait que c'est surtout la fin de cette époque, à savoir l'époque des Sargonides, qui est représentée dans la documentation disponible.

Doctorat en philosophie et lettres, Orientation langue et littérature
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Brooks, Keith Clifton. "“Deliver us from evil” A critical analysis of soteriological discourse in African pentecostalism." University of the Western Cape, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/4852.

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In the history of Christianity a number of distinct soteriological models have developed over the centuries. In the Patristic period, victory over death and destruction was emphasised. In late medieval Catholicism, the Protestant Reformation and evangelical circles, the focus was on reconciliation with God through the forgiveness of sins, while modern liberal notions of salvation emphasised the need for education and moral upliftment, if not enlightenment. In the twentieth century, other soteriological motifs became dominant, including development (in the tradition of the Social Gospel), self-actualisation (in existentialist theologies), liberation and emancipation (in liberation theologies, feminist theologies, etc). With the emergence of global Pentecostalism in the 20th century, two other forms of soteriology resurfaced, namely an emphasis on healing and deliverance from evil. This study will contribute to Pentecostal discourse on deliverance as a soteriological motif. In Western forms of Pentecostalism the need for deliverance from evil is recognised, in contrast with evangelicalism where the emphasis is on forgiveness of sins. Deliverance from evil is typically understood in personalist terms as affliction, namely as the need to overcome forces of evil inside the human psyche, typically associated with personal vices. This suggests a ministry of exorcism in order to be delivered from such vices that are then described as “demons”, evil forces, dominions and principalities. In political and liberation theologies, there is likewise an emphasis on evil forces, but these are understood in societal and structural terms, namely with references to ideologies, oppressive structures and forms of exploitation. In African forms of Pentecostalism (as in the case amongst African Instituted Churches) there is a similar emphasis on deliverance and the need for exorcism. However, this is especially understood with reference to witchcraft. Here, the one in need of deliverance is regarded as the victim of (demonic) possession beyond one’s locus of control. Deliverance is thus understood as victory over forces outside one’s own psyche that cause psychological trauma and have medical, social and economic consequences for the victim. This research project will explore a corpus of literature on the understanding of deliverance in the context of West-African Pentecostalism (or neo-Pentecostalism). It will analyse and compare views in this regard emerging from amongst Western African Pentecostals with Western Pentecostal scholars that seek to understand the distinct understanding of deliverance in the context of West-African Pentecostalism. More specifically, it will describe, analyse, compare and assess the contributions of Allan Anderson, Paul Gifford, Ogbu Kalu, J Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu, and Opoku Onyunah in this regard.

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Cochennec, Yves. "Une pratique de l’exorcisme catholique comme rituel « possessiogène » : exorcismes et processus sinthomatoires dans le cadre d’études cliniques." Thesis, Rennes 2, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019REN20015.

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La première partie de cette thèse fait le bilan des formes de possessions sorcière, démoniaque ou liée à l’esprit d’un mort, par une incursion historique et anthropologique. Elle aborde aussi les rites, mis en œuvre par les sociétés, pour s’en protéger et pour traiter les cas de possessions. Des éléments propres à la question des démons, du diable et de l’exorcisme dans le christianisme sont ensuite présentés, avant de faire le bilan de la problématique par les aliénistes et les psychiatres, français pour la plupart. Les liens entre médecins et prêtres, face à de telles plaintes sont abordés. La seconde partie traite des aspects contemporains de la problématique. En effet, bien que ce thème puisse sembler à contre-courant de notre époque et de notre culture occidentale organisée par le discours scientifique, il est très actuel. Nous présentons les plaintes qui apparaissent sur des sites Internet qui parfois n’hésitent pas à tenter d’en tirer profit. Au début du 21e siècle, des crimes qualifiés de « satanistes » ont été médiatisés et les exorcistes invités à prendre place dans le débat. Le recours à l’exorciste et les demandes d’exorcismes se sont multipliées. L’Eglise catholique a dû s’organiser et de nombreux prêtres ont été amenés à tenir ce “Ministère” d’exorcisme. La liberté dont ils jouissent, les amène à pratiquer des rituels en adéquation avec leur croyance à un diable métaphorique ou, au contraire, personnifié. Des chapitres sont consacrés à leur organisation, à leur pratique dans le cadre d’un travail d’observation participante. Celle du père J., un exorciste qui chasse le diable est longuement abordée. Selon notre hypothèse, elle tend à générer le sentiment de possession par le diable, chez le consultant. Enfin, la troisième partie est constituée tout d’abord d’un bilan des points de vue psychanalytiques sur la question du diable et de la possession. Puis nous présentons des cas cliniques rencontrés dans le cadre de nos travaux de recherches et de notre profession. Des réflexions personnelles sur la problématique viennent conclure cette thèse
The first part of this thesis makes an assessment of the various forms of possession witch possession, demonic possession or bound to the spirit of a deceased person, by reference to history and anthropology. It also approaches the rites implemented by societies to protect themselves and to handle the cases of possession. Various elements appropriate to the question of evil spirits, the devil and exorcism in the Christian religion are then presented, before making an assessment of the problem as seen by alienists and psychiatrists, mostly French. The links between doctors and priests confronted with such complaints are also examined. The second part handles contemporary aspects of the problem. Indeed, although this theme may seem to go against the current of our time and of our scientific oriented western culture, it is very topical. We present the complaints that appear on web sites which sometimes do not hesitate to attempt to make profit out of them. At the beginning of the 21st century, crimes qualified as "Satanists" received considerable media coverage the exorcists were invited to take place in the debate. The recourse to the exorcist and the requests of exorcisms then multiplied. The Roman Catholic Church had to get organized and numerous priests were brought to hold this "Ministry" of exorcism. The freedom which they enjoy brings them to practise rites in adequacy with their faith in a metaphoric devil or, on the contrary, a personified one. Several chapters are dedicated to their organization, to their practice within a period of observation and cooperation task. That of father J., an exorcist who chases away the devil is largely presented. In our hypothesis, this practice tends to generate the feeling of possession by the devil for the consultant. Finally, the third part mainly consists in an assessment of the psychoanalytical points of view on the question of the devil and possession. Then we present clinical cases that we have come across in the course of our research works and of our professional practice. Personal reflections on the problem come to conclude this thesis

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Moyo, Paul Harry. "Reformed theology and the excluded middle a reformed biblical theology of the demonic and exorcism /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1994. http://www.tren.com.

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Malara, Diego Maria. "The geometry of blessing : embodiment, relatedness, and exorcism amongst Ethiopian Orthodox Christians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25841.

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This thesis is about kinship, neighbourliness, sainthood, fasting and exorcism among Orthodox Christians in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The uncertainties of providing for oneself and one’s family in the city make people deeply reliant on neighbours, kin, and religious networks in order to survive. But these dependencies are also sources of vulnerability—to the demands of close others and the harm they can inflict, but also, increasingly, to demonic possession. A recent surge in public exorcisms testifies to a broad sense of spiritual threat, as well as a perceived need to re-entrench the power and authority of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (EOC) at a time when the effects of religious pluralism and modernization policies pose a particular challenge. In this thesis, I document the ways in which Orthodox Christians are working to re-situate and reframe their relationships with the EOC in their daily lives. I argue that these efforts are inherently relational, based on the sharing of blessing through substances such as holy water, and on various labours of devotion performed for others or on their behalf. Through fine-grained ethnography, this study finds kinship and other local networks, rather than institutional practices or large-scale rituals, to be the basis of religious action in the city. I show how ordinary people, faced with the contradictions between religious imperatives and the material necessities of life, seek blessing for themselves, their neighbours, and their kin, from powerful human and non-human intercessors and, in turn, how they become intercessors for others. I pay particular attention to the bodily and affective dimensions of these practices: how people fast together and for one another; how they circulate and consume holy water; and how they subject themselves to violent exorcistic interventions. For Orthodox Christians in Addis Ababa, these bodily practices constitute key methods for acting on the flesh, and thereby engaging with the basic problem of the fallen nature of humanity—which is felt to be particularly pressing in contemporary urban conditions. By taking such perspectives, my thesis aims to contribute to discussions of Christian embodiment, personhood, and subject-formation with a detailed study of the networks and relationships by which people build an intersubjective and interdependent ethics of daily life—an ethics, that is, which contrasts with the discourses of individual self-fashioning that have informed many recent studies of Christianity and piety in other world religions.

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Kirschner, E. F. "The place of the exorcism motif in Mark's Christology with special reference to Mark 3.22-30." Thesis, Middlesex University, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.382799.

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Lundstedt, Alma. "''God is not here, priest'' : Bilden av kvinnan i fyra skräckfilmer." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-32707.

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Fagge, Geoffrey. "Demonisk besatthet och exorcism. : En komparativ studie av två böcker som tar upp Klingenberg caset." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-126138.

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This study examines how two writers deal with demonic possession and exorcism in their written works that both have a common theme, the same alleged case of possession and exorcism. By comparing these written works I explore if the authors share any common or varying theories on possession and exorcism and investigate if the common theme of the two books has contributed to the authors writing similar books.My results show that the two authors deal with demonic possession and exorcism differently, one has theological views of the phenomena but is sceptical of their role in the alleged case, whilst the other believes that demonic possession and exorcism can be explained using scientific theories and that they are phenomena that played a part in the alleged case. The two books are quite different. I conclude that both writers’ theories of the phenomena are dependent on the existence of the phenomenon of religion.

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Malia, Linda M. "One little word rethinking a place for deliverance and exorcism within the church's healing ministry /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1998. http://www.tren.com.

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Silva, Rafael Ferreira da. "O poder dado por Cristo para expulsar o mal do meio dos homens: Uma Teologia do Ritual do exorcismo." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2018. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/21581.

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Objective: Approach in a theological way the Rite of Roman Exorcism. Allowing for greater dissemination of this important sacramental in the Church. Justification: There is more and more exposure on the subject of exorcism, whether in the media or in the assemblies of the faithful. However, this exhibition is full of folkloric, cultural and fanciful exaggerations. With this the need to scientifically approach the exorcism understood as a real combat that the Church assumes. Hypothesis: The Devil's action is real and he begins a battle with humanity that had already begun in the angelic field. Thus the Roman Rite of Exorcism exercises the mandate of Christ on the Apostolic Church, the power given by Christ to men to expel evil from the world. Methodology: Work divided into three chapters. In the first moment one seeks to know the evil nature of the devil, a fallen angel. As the development of the Holy Scriptures and Tradition recognizes the presence of the evil one and will show Jesus as the great exorcist. In the second chapter, the Church conscious of her ministry as an exorcist will develop the ritual over the centuries, from the apostolic age to the Second Vatican Council. In the third chapter an analysis of the Exorcism Ritual, observing its liturgical activity and how it is a true instrument of Spiritual Combat
Objetivo: Abordar de forma teológica o Ritual de Exorcismo Romano. Permitindo uma maior divulgação deste sacramental tão importante na Igreja. Justificativa: Existe cada vez mais uma maior exposição sobre o assunto do exorcismo, seja na mídia, seja nas assembleias dos fiéis. Todavia, essa exposição vem carregada de exageros folclóricos, culturais e fantasiosos. Com isso a necessidade de abordar cientificamente o exorcismo entendendo como um real combate que a Igreja assume. Hipótese: A ação do Demônio é real e ele inicia um combate com a humanidade que anteriormente já havia iniciado no campo angélico. Assim, o Ritual Romano do Exorcismo exerce o mandato de Cristo sobre a Igreja Apostólica, o poder dado por Cristo aos homens de expulsar o mal do mundo. Metodologia: Trabalho dividido em três capítulos. No primeiro momento busca-se conhecer a natureza maligna do demônio, um anjo decaído. Como o desenvolvimento das Sagradas Escrituras e da Tradição reconhece a presença do maligno e mostrará Jesus como o grande exorcista. No segundo capítulo, a Igreja consciente do seu ministério de exorcista desenvolverá o ritual ao longo dos séculos, da era apostólica ao Concílio Vaticano II. No terceiro capítulo uma análise do Ritual do Exorcismo, observando o seu agir litúrgico e como ele é um verdadeiro instrumento de Combate Espiritual

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Paiva, Paul. "A study of the theology of deliverance as a means for enhancing the effectiveness of pastoral rites." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1989. http://www.tren.com.

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Bicknell, William. "Thank God for Rosie Roth: A Novel." Wright State University / OhioLINK, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wright1183946491.

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Santos, Robert A. "Elements of Jewish esotericism inherent in Matthew 16:19." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Karjalainen, Tommi K. "Messianic expectation and the exorcisms of Jesus, the Son of David, in Matthew's Gospel." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12808.

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In this thesis I establish that Matthew's presentation of Jesus's exorcisms fits with the Second Temple exorcistic messianic expectations. This thesis challenges the axiom that nobody expected the Messiah to cast out demons. Previous research has been either preoccupied with sharp definitions of titles, have had a narrow understanding of messianism, or have attempted to import non-Jewish explanations. I have taken a more conceptual approach and have focused on those ideas in the Jewish Scriptures that provide the seedbed for messianism in general, that is, the Promise (2 Sam 7) and the centrality of David and Solomon. I have focused specifically on those elements that make their rule distinctive and ideally secure their prevailing over their adversaries. I have then traced the development of these features in the Second Temple period towards explicitly exorcistic interpretations. In so doing I have established the contemporary landscape and demonological language against which Matthew's presentation of Jesus's exorcisms specifically as the Son of David takes a shape of prophetic fulfillment. I have, thus, shown that Matthew's account of Jesus the Son of David's exorcisms makes sense only if it is preceded by a contemporary expectation for an exorcistic Messiah.

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Shaheen, Paul Kaleel. "The Beelzebul conflict story in the synoptic gospels a redaction study /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Leonard, Jessica Lynn. "Interpreting the Lemuria as Pietas." OpenSIUC, 2018. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/2317.

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The Roman idea of pietas was an important value during the Augustan revival of Rome in the first century. Ovid wrote about a unique ritual in the poem Fasti that focused on piety towards ancestors called Lemuria. The original meaning of the Lemuria ritual has changed through the centuries by the power of the Christian Church and modern Christian bias. The anachronistic language used in the translations of Ovid’s Fasti and the choice of words that historians have used to interpret it portrays the Lemuria in an occult-like expulsive way. The Lemuria is not comparable to Christian ritual as some have understood it. The Lemuria is simply a ritual of pietas, and Ovid’s version was to promote popular Roman moral values such as piety while gaining favor with Emperor Augustus.

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Mollmann, Bradley J. "Seeking the Supernatural: The Exorcisms of John Darrell and the Formation of an Orthodox Identity in Early Modern England." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1218575289.

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Johansson, Evelina. "Do you renounce satan? : En kritiskt hermeneutisk analys av hur den stora exorcismriten beskrivs och kommuniceras i den romersk-katolska kyrkan." Thesis, Jönköping University, Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-54623.

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The aim of this essay is to investigate how the solemn rite of exorcism manifests itself within the Roman Catholic Church based on The Roman Ritual: Exorcisms and certain supplications [ECS] (1999) as well as how the rite is communicated in the document. Therefore, the method used is critical hermeneutic analysis and thenceforth the results are analyzed according to Bronislaw Malinowski’s theory of magic, science and religion (1948). The study shows that the rite of major exorcism is explained with clarity in ECS and constantly imbedded in the theology and the doctrine of the Roman Catholic Church. ECS leaves little room for the executive priest to interpret the execution of the rite. The scripture is very clear that the rite must follow a specific order of events and that some prayers and hymns are mandatory while others can be replaced since ECS clearly states that every solemn exorcism is unique due to the individual receiving the exorcism. Furthermore, ECS clearly states that the church will not perform an exorcism if there is any doubt that the troubled person really is possessed by the Devil or his demons, for in which case the medical science must attend.

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Gustafsson, Solveig. "Den historiske Jesus verksamhet som exorcist som ett tecken på gudsrikets ankomst." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-351882.

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Paim, Ivana Soares. "A imagem do Diabo na Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus como instrumento de marketing e do medo: um estudo a partir de postagens de exorcismos encontradas no YouTube." Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, 2017. https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/20722.

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This research studies the image of the Devil, which is taken from the stages of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) to the YouTube, according to the context of the communications that take place in the socialnetworks. The corpus of this work is made by an assemblage of scenes of exorcisms spreaded on YouTube, from 2010 through 2014, years of continuous expansion of this Church. This study aims to investigate the elements that build the representation of the Devil in the rituals of exorcism at the UCKG. These elements come from the Christian imaginary as well as from that of the Afro-Brazilian religions; they also come from the relations between the television and the religious practices, and consequently, from the marketing strategies developed by this Church. This research works with the hypothesis that the image of the Devil at the UCKG is an instrument of advertisement, part of the revival of the buzz marketing at the video sharing media and its use by religious institutions, in case, the UCKG. As an instrument of advertisement for this Church, the image of the Devil is represented in a fearful way and takes some characteristics of the Afro-Brazilian divinities by a hybridization process between these two religious imaginaries, conditioned to the UCKG’s movement of updating itself in search for recognition in a society that belongs to the web era. To develop this study, this research will consider the ideas of Hans Belting and Lúcia Santaella about the fields in which images can be classified into, as well as Gilbert Durand’s theories about the imaginary, that enable us to understand the building of images or representations as a product resulted from the interaction between an individual and his culture. It will also consider the concept of provoqued event by Patrick Charaudeau, who thinks the mediatic image is a programmed and an expected construction, whose purpose is to “reveal a truth” by persuasion and emotional appeal with obvious advertising intentions. In addition, other references will be considered for this research, such as studies about religion and more specifically about some Afro-Brazilian religions, in order to make comparisons between representations of different divinities and that of the Christian Devil. It will also consider studies about the buzz marketing that consists of an advertising strategy that makes the clients advertise the product by motivating them to talk about it with friends and acquaintances. We believe that the importance of this work relies on its contribution for the studies around the religious marketing in the time of web communication, since religious institutions have taken profit from the convergent media like YouTube to update their strategies in search for visibility and more followers
No contexto das comunicações realizadas por redes sociais de compartilhamento de informação, esta pesquisa estuda a imagem do Diabo levada dos palcos da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD) para o YouTube. Mais especificamente, examina a produção dessa imagem diabólica nos discursos verbais, imagéticos e corporais de sujeitos presumidamente possuídos em rituais de exorcismo apresentados naquele site. O corpus do trabalho constitui-se de uma amostra de registros desses exorcismos divulgados no YouTube, postados no período de 2010 a 2014, anos de contínua expansão dessa Igreja. Esta pesquisa tem por objetivo investigar os elementos constitutivos da representação do Diabo nos rituais de exorcismo da IURD que partem do imaginário cristão e do imaginário das religiões afro-brasileiras, das relações entre as mídias televisivas e as práticas religiosas, e consequentemente, das estratégias de propaganda desenvolvidas por essa igreja. A pesquisa trabalha com a hipótese de que a imagem do Diabo na IURD é um instrumento de propaganda, parte da retomada do buzz marketing pelas mídias de compartilhamento de vídeo e de seu uso por instituições religiosas, no caso, a IURD. Como instrumento de propaganda dessa igreja, a imagem do Diabo é amedrontadora e se recobre de algumas características das divindades afro-brasileiras por um processo de hibridação entre esses imaginários religiosos, condicionados ao movimento de atualização da Universal e a sua busca por reconhecimento em uma sociedade inserida na era da web. Em plano teórico, mobilizar-se-ão os estudos de Hans Belting e Lúcia Santaella sobre os campos divisórios da imagem, assim como as teses sobre o imaginário de Gilbert Durand, que levam em consideração a interação do indivíduo com sua cultura, e o conceito de acontecimento provocado de Patrick Charaudeau, que considera a imagem midiática como uma construção esperada e programada, cuja finalidade é “revelar uma verdade” por meio da persuasão e do apelo emotivo, com fins claramente propagandísticos. Subsidiariamente, outros referenciais teóricos serão estudos abalizados sobre as religiões, inclusive as afro-brasileiras, que permitam estabelecer comparações entre representações de diferentes divindades àquelas do Diabo cristão, como também, trabalhos em torno do buzz marketing, uma técnica de propaganda que faz dos clientes os disseminadores de um produto ao estimulá-los a compartilhar informações sobre ele; o chamado boca-a-boca. Acreditamos que a relevância do trabalho está em contribuir com as reflexões voltadas ao marketing religioso na era da internet, do qual as igrejas vêm lançando mão cada vez mais para atualizar suas estratégias de busca por visibilidade e angariar mais fiéis

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Mwani, Joshua Tepillah. "Jesus and Legion: A socio-political perspective on demon possession and exorcism in Mark 5:1-20 and in African Pentecostal Churches." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78485.

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Rainbow, Jesse. "The Song of Songs and Solomonic biography in early Jewish and Christian literature (with special reference to traditions of Solomonic magic and exorcism)." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2007. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p036-0377.

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Bolt, Peter G. "Jesus' defeat of death : persuading Mark's early readers /." Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam031/2003043930.html.

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Nanneman, Alexandria. "The Cultural Theatrics of Early Modern Images of Demonic Possession." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/20669.

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Artists creating images of demonic possession during the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation communicated theological messages by accentuating the most famous and dramatic exorcisms. This project proposes an interpretive structure, called cultural theatrics, for analyzing these works. Brian Levack’s theory of cultural performance provides the framework from which cultural theatrics develops. Levack’s cultural performance includes the demoniac and the exorcist as participants in religious dramas who act in a way that their religious communities expected them to act. However, this thesis proposes that images of possession and exorcism (rather than the historical events of alleged possession and exorcism themselves) are more appropriate subject matter for studying the theatricality of possession because artists held the interpretative leverage of conveying theological messages through depictions of exorcisms. This research shows how the artist, patron, and learned advisor mobilize cultural theatrics in images of demonic possession.

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Cardoso, Regina Aparecida Lourenço. "O DEMONÍACO EM MARCOS 3,20-35." Universidade Metodista de São Paulo, 2015. http://tede.metodista.br/jspui/handle/tede/334.

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The ancient thought had interpreted all harmful events or personal and psychological illnesses as satanic influence. Regarding this background the purpose of this work is to analyze the imagery of Markan community concerning the demonic and how this reading would have impacted the lives of people in that context. In order to carry this out we shall seek to identify, in the passage of Mark 3.20-35, demonic mechanisms of that society and how this imaginary was reflected in the community quotidian. In addition we shall verify the reason why the practices of Jesus involving exorcism caused such a disconfort, leading to his identification as a demon. We regard as necessary to evaluate the thaumaturgical activity of Jesus and its representativeness at the time, as well as the social effect it produced and its reception by Markan community.
O pensamento antigo interpretava todas as manifestações danosas ou enfermidades pessoais e psíquicas como influência satânica. Considerando esse pano de fundo, a proposta deste trabalho é analisar o imaginário da comunidade marcana em relação ao demoníaco e como esse tipo de leitura impactava a vida das pessoas naquela conjuntura. Para tanto, buscaremos identificar na perícope de Mc 3,20-35 os mecanismos demoníacos daquela sociedade e como esse imaginário se refletia no cotidiano da comunidade. Além disso, verificaremos por que as práticas de Jesus envolvendo o exorcismo incomodavam, levando à sua identificação como demônio. Entendemos ser necessário avaliar a atividade taumatúrgica de Jesus e a representatividade que ela tinha em seu contexto, bem como o efeito social que produzia e a sua recepção pela comunidade marcana

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Dias, Julio Cesar Tavares. "As religiões afro-brasileiras no discurso da Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus : a reivindicação de demônio." Universidade Católica de Pernambuco, 2012. http://www.unicap.br/tede//tde_busca/arquivo.php?codArquivo=778.

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A Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus (IURD) é a principal representante do neopentecostalismo e apresenta um grande crescimento, aparentando incomodar grupos de cristãos históricos e fazendo franco combate a elementos dos cultos brasileiros de origem africana, já tendo, inclusive, ocorrido invasões de terreiros e perseguição a líderes das religiões afro na Bahia e no Rio de Janeiro. Marcas constantemente apontadas como características dessa igreja é o seu sincretismo e sua belicosidade contra as religiões afro. No combate ao Diabo, a igreja identificou-o com as entidades das religiões de matriz africana. Esta dissertação é fruto de pesquisa realizada sobre tal temática, na Catedral da Fé, no Recife, e da análise de obras evangelísticas da instituição. Nosso objetivo foi investigar a demonização, própria do discurso iurdiano, tecido sobre as religiões afro-brasileiras. Na construção do trabalho foi preciso situar historicamente o desenvolvimento e o surgimento da IURD, bem como do Movimento Pentecostal com o qual ela se relaciona. Na análise linguístico-antropológica que fizemos das obras e dos rituais de exorcismo que presenciamos, ficaram patentes a intolerância e o vilipêndio religioso.
The Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (IURD) is main example of New Pentecostalism and it presents a big growth, looking to incommode Historical Christians groups and making open war against Brazilian cults of African origin. Invasions to sacred spaces and persecution to African religions leaders occurred in Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. Syncretism and bellicosity against African religions are marks constantly pointed like peculiar characteristics to this church. In combat against Devil, this church identified it like entities of religions of African matrix. This thesis results from source that was made at Catedral da Fé and also from analysis of publications of this institution. Our purpose was to analyze the specific demonization of IURDs discourse, which is constructed about afro religions. In elaboration of this thesis, we need to situate historically beginning and developing of IURD, and also of Pentecostal Movement, with which IURD is connected. So, we could to go along our analysis with true safety. Religious intolerance and vilipend were clear in our analysis of publications and exorcism rites by us seen.

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Marulli, Luca. "Le Gérasénien et le(s) jeune(s) homme(s) : perspectives synchroniques et diachroniques sur le récit de Marc 5.1-20." Thesis, Strasbourg, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020STRAK004.

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Le récit du démoniaque de Gérasa, dans sa version marcienne (Mc 5.1-20), constitue le récit d’exorcisme le plus élaboré de tout le Nouveau Testament. La conjugaison de l’analyse synchronique (de type narratologique) avec une étude, pluridisciplinaire, des dimensions historiques, sociales et religieuses sous-jacentes au texte permet de mettre en valeur la force reconfiguratrice du récit. De manière plus ample, le micro-récit de l’exorcisme de Gérasa participe au projet mis en œuvre par l’auteur implicite à l’échelle du macro-récit que constitue l’évangile de Marc. Dans cette perspective, il est possible d’apprécier la place et l’enjeu de Marc 5.1-20 dans la trame de l’évangile de Marc, notamment en relation avec la figure du jeune homme qui s’enfuit nu (Mc 14.51-52) et avec la péricope qui met en scène le jeune homme au tombeau (Mc 16.1-8). Lire Marc 5.1-20 avec et après Marc 14.51-52 et 16.1-8 amène à une reconfiguration épistémique du lecteur relative aux thèmes de l’identité de Jésus, de la nature de la suivance et de la relation envisagée entre le disciple et son Maître absent
The markan version of the encounter between Jesus and the Gerasene Demoniac (Mk 5.1-20) is themost elaborate exorcism account in the entire New Testament. The combination of a narrative-critical approach with a multidisciplinary diachronic analysis of the historical, social and religious dimensions underlying the text highlights the reconfiguring power of the narrative. More broadly, the micro narrativeof the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac participates in the larger project implemented by the implicit author on the scale of the macro-narrative, i.e., the entire Gospel of Mark. In this perspective, it is possible to appreciate in which ways Mark 5:1-20 relates to the narrative world of Mark’s Gospel, especially with regards to the young man who runs away naked when Jesus was arrested (Mk 14.51-52) and the the young man at the tomb (Mk 16.1-8). Reading Mark 5.1-20 with and after Mark 14.51-52 and 16.1-8 leads to the reader’s epistemic reconfiguration on central markan themes, such as Jesus' identity, the nature of disciple ship and the envisioned relationship between the disciple and his absent Master

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Guma, Mthobeli Phillip. "The politics of UMOYA: Variation in the interpretation and management of diarrheal illnesses among mothers, professional nurses, and indigenous health practitioners in Khayelitsha, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8409.

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Philosophiae Doctor - PhD
This study deals with the social interpretation of childhood diarrhea among the Xhosa speaking people of the Western Cape in South Africa. It highlights how in the Western Cape political consciousness and moralist discourses strongly influence relationships between different health care systems and the production of continuing conflicts around problems of health care delivery. It is argued that if meaningful relationships could be found between socially based health-seeking strategies and biomedical classifications of enteric and other diseases of women and children, they could facilitate the provision of more equitable, effective and widely acceptable health care. Furthermore, it compares the etiological explanations of childhood illness signs and symptoms of mothers and health practitioners of two kinds, i.e., professional nurses trained in biomedicine and indigenous African health practitioners (IHPs). The comparison focuses particularly on the interpretation of stool quality and associated symptoms. For stool quality the study refers to the color and texture of children's feces that mothers and health practitioners identify and associate with distinctive conditions of affliction. The study found these descriptive categories do not exhaust the variety of interpretations known to Nguni people in the area. There is variation, even ambiguity, in the interpretation of commonly understood illness categories and with respect to diarrheal illnesses, knowledge remains contested between mothers and professional nurses. Moreover, the availability of a wide range of therapeutic options m Khayelitsha diversifies the mother's causal explanations. It was found this diversity in causality and management of illnesses is manifested in the quality of children's stools, "green" feces in particular. Here too, different hues are not separable from the media in which they appear. Their interpretations draw on senses of value, ideas, social histories, different forms of power, systematic knowledge, and a great variety of other forms of significance that are embedded in the concrete domains of everyday life. In addition to the notion of isuntu,(that is humaneness) the study more importantly reveals that among Nguni of the Western Cape a tripartite relationship of umoya,(vital force) inyongo,(gallbladder) and ithongo (ancetral dream) is the dynamic philosophical component that describes Nguni experiences of health and illness. vi https://etd.

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Philips, Abu Ameenah Bilal. "Exorcisim in Islam." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.504395.

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This work is an investigation of the orthodox concept of exorcism in Islam. The main purpose of this study is to identify the orthodox Islamic viewpoint of spirit-possession of humans and its treatment (i.e., exorcism) based upon evidence from the Qur'An, the Sunnah, views of the sahabah (companions of Prophet Muhammad [4]) and the opinions of the early Sunnite scholars. This dissertation is comprised of an introduction, four chapters, a conclusion and two appendixes. The first chapter establishes the Islamic parameters of the spiritual world of created beings. The second chapter consists of a discussion of the orthodox understanding of spirit-possession and a delineation of the prophetic methodology of exorcism. The third chapter is devoted to a study of tabulated data from interviews with a sampling of modem-day, orthodox exorcists from various parts of the Muslim world and a brief presentation of exorcism according to Roman Catholicism. The fourth chapter consists of a comparative discussion of the second and third chapters, and it includes a conclusion in which the views of modem medicine are compared to exorcist tradition. Additionally, some questions concerning exorcism in Islam and other religions are answered.

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Beji, Nadia. "Possession in the Modern Age : a Jungian analysis of possession within the Anglican faith." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för kultur-, religions- och utbildningsvetenskap, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-12011.

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This essay uses interviews to gather information regarding the experience and belief which exists in regards to possession within the Anglican faith. It also uses Jungian psychology to analyse these experiences and beliefs; this is interesting because even in the modern day of science, possession continues to be a phenomenon. It still occurs closer to home than we may think; a modern western country such as England, where Anglicanism is the state religion, have special ministries assigned to deal with this in every diocese. The information was gathered through interviews and literature, to give both a qualitative and a quantitative perspective. This essay presents a possible psychological explanation for the cases of possession as experienced within the Anglican faith, which provides an alternative to the distress these individuals are experiencing rather than assuming it necessarily is of a spiritual nature. It does not, however, seek to prove or disprove the possibility of a spiritual cause behind this phenomenon.

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