Shepherds and Demons
Shepherds and Demons

Author: Hans Austnaberg

Publisher: Peter Lang

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 9780820497174

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The Malagasy revival movement, which started in 1894 and operates within the structure of the historical churches, continues to have a profound impact on Protestant church life. This book focuses on exorcism as practised and understood by the so-called shepherds (lay, unsalaried, consecrated church workers) and defines «exorcism» as the expulsion of demons and prayer with the laying on of hands. This study, with Malagasy actors at its centre, argues that exorcism constitutes a synthesis between the biblical message and the traditional Malagasy culture. The shepherds, who vehemently oppose traditional religion, understand exorcism as a practice appropriate for people with a wide variety of problems, and they assert that the purpose of exorcism is to create a living faith in Jesus. The shepherds consider the battle with demons absolutely decisive because it concerns nothing less than salvation or condemnation.

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre

Author: Richard Beadle

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008-07-10

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1139827928

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The drama of the English Middle Ages is perennially popular with students and theatre audiences alike, and this is an updated edition of a book which has established itself as a standard guide to the field. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Theatre, second edition continues to provide an authoritative introduction and an up-to-date, illustrated guide to the mystery cycles, morality drama and saints' plays which flourished from the late fourteenth to the mid-sixteenth centuries. The book emphasises regional diversity in the period and engages with the literary and particularly the theatrical values of the plays. Existing chapters have been revised and updated where necessary, and there are three entirely new chapters, including one on the cultural significance of early drama. A thoroughly revised reference section includes a guide to scholarship and criticism, an enlarged classified bibliography and a chronological table.

Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas
Tradiciones Nuevomexicanas

Author: Mary Caroline Montaño

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780826321367

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A comprehensive overview of New Mexican folk arts from the 16th century to the present time.

On the Church
On the Church

Author: Abraham Kuyper

Publisher: Lexham Press

Published: 2016-11-16

Total Pages: 463

ISBN-13: 1577997603

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This anthology of key essays and speeches presents Kuyper’s thoughts on the church. Included are selections from Kuyper’s doctoral dissertation on the theology of John Calvin and John a Lasco; various treatises and sermons such as the Twofold Fatherland and Address on Missions; and selections from Kuyper’s larger works on the church, such as Kuyper’s commentary on the Heidelberg Catechism. The centerpiece will be Kuyper’s programmatic statement Tract on the Reformation of the Churches, which takes a unique approach to ecclesiology.