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Journal articles on the topic "Superstition and Witchcraft"

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Scribner, R. W. "Magic, witchcraft and superstition." Historical Journal 37, no. 1 (1994): 219–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x00014783.

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Tobacyk, Jerome, Mark Miller, Patsy Murphy, and Thomas Mitchell. "Comparisons of Paranormal Beliefs of Black and White University Students from the Southern United States." Psychological Reports 63, no. 2 (1988): 492–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1988.63.2.492.

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Paranormal beliefs of 250 black and 208 white university students from the Southern United States were compared on the Paranormal Belief Scale. This sample of black students reported significantly greater belief than the sample of white students in Superstition, Witchcraft, Spiritualism, and Precognition. The white students showed significantly greater Traditional Religious Belief and belief in Extraordinary Life Forms. However, notwithstanding these significant group differences, both groups similarly reported “belief” in Traditional Religious Belief and in Precognition, while reporting “disb
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Hill, Harriet. "Witchcraft and the Gospel: Insights from Africa." Missiology: An International Review 24, no. 3 (1996): 323–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009182969602400301.

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Missionaries to Africa have long ignored the problem of witchcraft, feeling that it was simple superstition that would evaporate in the face of modernity. Instead, witchcraft activities have not only persisted, they seem to be on the increase. Witchcraft is a daily, pernicious problem for many African Christians, and yet the gospel that is preached does not address it adequately. Social scientists have given much attention to witchcraft but discount any spiritual reality, and thus provide only a partial analysis. This article attempts to define what witchcraft is ontologically, and then presen
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Worobec, Christine D. "The 1850s Prosecution of Gerasim Fedotov for Witchcraft." Russian History 40, no. 3-4 (2013): 381–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18763316-04004008.

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The article examines a detailed case involving an accusation of witchcraft against the serf Gerasim Fedotov, which was heard before the Moscow Court of Equity in 1853. In comparison with other cases of witchcraft in the four decades between the 1820s and 1850s, the one involving Fedotov provides a window onto popular beliefs in witchcraft and sorcery intertwined with Russian Orthodox practices, the medical profession’s rationalist arguments against the power of quotidian magic, and the state’s intent on maintaining law and order without infringing upon serfowners’ rights. Ultimately, the autoc
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Ostling, Michael. "‘Poison and Enchantment Rule Ruthenia.’ Witchcraft, Superstition, and Ethnicity in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth." Russian History 40, no. 3-4 (2013): 488–507. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/18763316-04004013.

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How shall one understand the evidence adduced before the Kraków court against an alleged witch in 1713: that “she has lived in Ruthenia”? This article unpacks the context and effects of the early modern Polish stereotype of Ruthenian magic. Both superstition and ethnicity could be used as resources for what David Chidester calls “sub-classification,” the categorization of others as less than fully human. Both humanist poetry and ribald satire made use of such sub-classification to construct German Lutheran “heretics” as learned practitioners of literate black magic, in contrast to simple Ruthe
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Romano, Francesca Vera. "Unveiling Superstition in Vieste: Popular Culture and Ecclesiastical Tribunals in the 18th-Century Kingdom of Naples." Religions 15, no. 10 (2024): 1202. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel15101202.

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This study aims to analyse two trials involving magic, superstition, exorcism, and witchcraft, which were held in 1713 in the Diocese of Vieste (present-day Apulia), Kingdom of Naples. It aims to illuminate the dynamics between the Church, magical practices, and the territorial context, providing insights into this less-explored period in inquisition history when the Catholic Church’s fight against superstition was beginning to wane. The first trial against Rita di Ruggiero is very rich in detail, giving us a clear vision of which magical practices were used during the Modern Age. Additionally
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Watt, Jeffrey R. "Calvin’s Geneva Confronts Magic and Witchcraft: The Evidence from the Consistory." Journal of Early Modern History 17, no. 3 (2013): 215–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/15700658-12342366.

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Abstract This essay examines the actions of the Consistory of Geneva, a morals court created and dominated by John Calvin, against reputed cases of magic and superstition. During the ministry of Calvin, the most common of these involved white magic to cure people of various illnesses. The Consistory was not unduly harsh in dealing with therapeutic magic, usually just rebuking the miscreants and temporarily excluding them from communion. It also showed a remarkable degree of skepticism when confronting accusations of maleficia, at times viewing the allegations as a form of defamation of the per
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Holmes, C. "Witchcraft, Magic and Superstition in England, 1640-70." English Historical Review 117, no. 470 (2002): 183–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehr/117.470.183.

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Isaichev, Sergei. "Superstitions and folk rites in the Samara, Saratov and Penza Governorates." Tambov University Review. Series: Humanities, no. 181 (2019): 185–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.20310/1810-0201-2019-24-181-185-191.

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Often in everyday life we have to deal with various signs and superstitions that are quite tenacious, despite their incompatibility with Orthodoxy. Superstitions usually refer to the stories of the water spirit, bogie, puck, mermaids, healers, sorcerers, etc., as well as various supernatural creatures and inexplicable phenomena. Various charms, amulets, nauzes, etc. can also be attributed to superstition, as all of the above is an attribute of witchcraft. These phenomena arose, most likely due to a lack of enlightenment, education and Orthodox culture. Superstitions come to life in the usual p
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Tobacyk, Jerome, Glenda Pritchett, and Tom Mitchell. "Paranormal Beliefs in Late-Adulthood." Psychological Reports 62, no. 3 (1988): 965–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1988.62.3.965.

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71 members of a retirees' group ( M age = 68 yr.) in northern Louisiana completed the Paranormal Belief Scale. The elder sample showed significantly less belief than a university student comparison group on Psi, Witchcraft, Superstition, Spiritualism, Extraordinary Life Forms, and Precognition. Findings probably reflect both generational and developmental processes.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Superstition and Witchcraft"

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Valletta, Frederick Victor Alfred. "Witchcraft, magic and superstition in England, 1640-1670." Thesis, King's College London (University of London), 1998. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/witchcraft-magic-and-superstition-in-england-164070(48c85851-6de7-4051-9114-8e1ac3c39dc9).html.

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This thesis examines the relationship between élite and popular beliefs in witchcraft, magic and superstition in England. In particular, these issues are considered against the background of political, religious and social upheaval characteristic of the Civil War, Interregnum and Restoration periods. Throughout the work it is stressed that deeply held superstitions were fundamental to belief in witches, the devil, ghosts, apparitions and supernatural healing. In addition the way such superstitions were used by both political and religious authorities is examined. Despite the fact that popular
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Apostolides, Anastasia. "Western ethnocentrism a comparison between African witchcraft and the Greek evil eye from a sociology of religion perspective /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-09102008-151744/.

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Nenungwi, Tondani Grace. "Tsedzuluso ya thuthuwedzo ya lutendo lwa vhuloi kha vhushaka vhukati ha vhathu kha Tshivenda." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/921.

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Thesis (M.A.) --University of Limpopo, 2010<br>Ngudo iyi i khou sedzulusa ṱhuṱhuwedzo ya lutendo lwa vhuloi kha vhushaka vhukati ha vhathu kha Tshivenḓa. Luambo lu kwamaho matshilisano na vhupfiwa zwi ḓo dzhielwa nzhele. Hu ḓo sedziwa na maipfi a elanaho na zwa vhuloi. Izwi zwi ḓo itwa ho katelwa vhuḓipfi, u vhaisala, kudzhielwe kwa zwithu, mbeu na maambele musi hu na lutendo lwa zwa vhuloi. Ndi zwa ndeme u ḓivha uri dziṅanga dzi na luambo lu ne dza lu shumisa u sumbedzisa vhuloi ngeno vho vhafunzi vha zwa vhurereli vha na maitele na maambele a vho.
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Apostolides, Anastasia. "Western ethnocentrism : a comparison between African witchcraft and the Greek evil eye from a sociology of religion perspective." Diss., 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/27859.

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This dissertation can be summarized as follows: ethnocentrism occurs because there is a lack of insight to the fact that religion is socially taught. Ethnocentrism should not be enforced on our understanding of other cultures. A comparative study was done between African witchcraft and the Greek evil eye to see if these two cultures still believe in what Westerners term superstitions, due to similar reasons. The study illustrated that these cultures still believe in these so-called superstitions because similar reasons. The study also showed that both these cultures experienced ethnocentrism f
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Moreira, Vânia Daniela Martins. "Bruxaria e a "caça às bruxas": abordagens sobre a sua trajetória ao longo da Idade Moderna." Master's thesis, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/1822/74242.

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Dissertação de mestrado em História<br>Desde tempos imemoriais que a magia está presente nas sociedades humanas. Não existem povos ou culturas, por mais remotos que sejam, onde não se encontre indícios da existência de práticas de feitiçaria, tratando-se, por isso, de um fenómeno universal. Para a população do início da Idade Moderna, a magia e a feitiçaria constituíam um modo de vida, pelo que os agentes mágicos — onde se inseriam a feiticeira e a bruxa — faziam parte do quotidiano da cultura europeia. As crenças na feitiçaria acabaram por coexistir e até se imiscuir com as convicções cristãs
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Books on the topic "Superstition and Witchcraft"

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Jules, Michelet. Witchcraft, sorcery, and superstition. Carol Pub. Group, 1995.

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Nildin-Wall, Bodil. Det ropades i skymningen--: Vidskepelse och trolldomstro på Gotland. Almqvist & Wiksell, 1996.

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Tausiet, María. Ponzoña en los ojos: Brujería y superstición en Aragón en el siglo XVI. Institución "Fernando el Católico", 2000.

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Broye, Christian. Sorcellerie et superstitions à Genève: XVIe-XVIIIe siècle. Le Concept moderne, 1990.

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Tausiet, María. Ponzoña en los ojos: Brujería y superstición en Aragón en el siglo XVI. Turner, 2004.

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Jules, Michelet. Witchcraft, sorcery, and superstition: The classic study of medieval hexes and spell-casting. Skyhorse Publishing, 2014.

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Hallinger, Agnes. Die Hex' muss brennen!: Volksglaube und Glaubenseifer des Mittelalters. Battenberg, 1999.

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Association historique du Pays de Grasse., ed. Mentalités, sorcellerie, coutumes de Provence et du Comté de Nice: Actes du 3ème colloque de Grasse. TAC Motifs, 1994.

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Moura, José Carlos Duarte. Histórias e superstições na Beira Baixa. A Mar Arte, 1998.

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Mawouton, Justice-Amour. Les nuisances du gri-gri, de la magie: Obstacles au développement de l'Afrique noire : solutions parcifiques. Obadego Press, 2012.

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Book chapters on the topic "Superstition and Witchcraft"

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Tuczay, Christa Agnes. "Some reports of magic, superstition, and witchcraft in the medieval mirabilia literature." In Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003095064-12.

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Tóth G., Pèter. "The Decriminalization of Magic and the Fight Against Superstition in Hungary and Transylvania, 1740–1848." In Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54756-5_7.

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Valente, Michaela. "Ignorantia and superstitio." In Folklore, Magic, and Witchcraft. Routledge, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003095064-20.

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Pop-Curşeu, Ioan, and Ștefana Pop-Curșeu. "New Elites, New Paradigms of Rationality (Eighteenth–Nineteenth Centuries): Against the Superstitions of the Romanians." In Witchcraft in Romania. Springer International Publishing, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15222-1_4.

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Kis-Halas, Judit. "Divinatio Diabolica and Superstitious Medicine: Healers, Seers and Diviners in the Changing Discourse of Witchcraft in Early Modern Nagybánya." In Witchcraft and Demonology in Hungary and Transylvania. Springer International Publishing, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54756-5_5.

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Waters, Thomas. "Tough Superstition." In Cursed Britain. Yale University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.12987/yale/9780300221404.003.0003.

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This chapter reveals the difficulties of convincing the people to discard their ‘superstitions’. However, this change was slow to come and was not brought about by reason or enlightenment. Between about the 1830s and 1860s, campaigners against superstition strove to convince their compatriots that witchcraft was risible nonsense. These campaigners failed because ridding people of their occult beliefs is far harder than many non-believers imagine. It was not social activism but the growth of professional policing that stopped mobs from attacking eccentric, vulnerable, and usually innocent peopl
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"The Practice of Witchcraft." In Witchcraft, Magic and Superstition in England, 1640–70. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315233956-17.

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Freytag, Nils. "Witchcraft, witch doctors and the fight against ‘superstition’ in nineteenth-century Germany." In Witchcraft Continued. Manchester University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.7765/9781526137975.00006.

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"Healing, Cunning Folk and Witchcraft." In Witchcraft, Magic and Superstition in England, 1640–70. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315233956-15.

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"Witchcraft, Law and Popular Belief." In Witchcraft, Magic and Superstition in England, 1640–70. Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315233956-16.

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