Devil's Child
Devil's Child

Author: Jerry Coyne

Publisher: Hachette UK

Published: 2012-01-05

Total Pages: 141

ISBN-13: 0755362705

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Deserted by his mother and abandoned by his father at just three months old, Jerry Coyne was sent to live in a Catholic children's home run by nuns of the order of the Sisters of Nazareth. Life soon settled into a rhythm and then, one day, the beatings started. Harsh, vicious punishments became part of everyday life for the bemused little boy as the nuns attempted to beat the Devil out of him. Jerry began to hide behind bad behaviour and at the age of 12, his defiance resulted in him being sent to a boarding for boys with behavioural problems. Life then got worse when his housemaster, the man whose job it was to take care of him, began a regime of mental, physical and sexual abuse. Years of self-hatred and guilt led to Jerry suffering from a severe stammer and, eventually, he tried to hang himself. This was the turning point and, after finally finding the courage to go to the authorities, Jerry and numerous other victims came forward and were instrumental in the conviction and imprisonment of their abuser. Devil's Child is the devastating true story of a childhood destroyed by abuse and of a young man's struggle to try to come to terms with the past and believe in the future.

The Devil's Children
The Devil's Children

Author: Professor Jean La Fontaine

Publisher: Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.

Published: 2013-06-28

Total Pages: 224

ISBN-13: 1409480526

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

The Devil's Children
The Devil's Children

Author: Loretta Loach

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781848310667

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A unique true crime history of children who kill and how adults have tried to make sense of them

The Devil's Arithmetic
The Devil's Arithmetic

Author: Jane Yolen

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1990-10-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 1101664304

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"A triumphantly moving book." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Hannah dreads going to her family's Passover Seder—she's tired of hearing her relatives talk about the past. But when she opens the front door to symbolically welcome the prophet Elijah, she's transported to a Polish village in the year 1942. Why is she there, and who is this "Chaya" that everyone seems to think she is? Just as she begins to unravel the mystery, Nazi soldiers come to take everyone in the village away. And only Hannah knows the unspeakable horrors that await. A critically acclaimed novel from multi-award-winning author Jane Yolen. "[Yolen] adds much to understanding the effects of the Holocaust, which will reverberate throughout history, today and tomorrow." —SLJ, starred review "Readers will come away with a sense of tragic history that both disturbs and compels." —Booklist Winner of the National Jewish Book Award An American Bookseller "Pick of the Lists"

Devil Child
Devil Child

Author: Vickie L. Dawkins

Publisher: St Martins Press

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9780312915339

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Recounts the true story of the murder of his parents committed by sixteen-year-old Sean Sellers, his involvement in Satanic rituals, and his belief that Satan commanded him to commit the crimes

The Devil's Storybook
The Devil's Storybook

Author: Natalie Babbitt

Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)

Published: 2010-10-12

Total Pages: 65

ISBN-13: 1429955260

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The Devil's Storybook is a 1974 New York Times Book Review Notable Children's Book of the Year and a 1975 National Book Award Finalist for Children's Books. An ALA Notable Book Chosen by School Library Journal as one of the Best of the Best Books

Confronting Antisemitism from the Perspectives of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism
Confronting Antisemitism from the Perspectives of Christianity, Islam, and Judaism

Author: Armin Lange

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 311

ISBN-13: 3110671883

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This volume engages with antisemitic stereotypes as religious symbols that express and transmit a belief system of Jew-hatred. These religious symbols are stored in Christian, Muslim and even today’s secular cultural and religious memories. This volume explores how antisemitic religious symbol systems can play a key role in the construction of group identities.

The Good Little Devil and Other Tales
The Good Little Devil and Other Tales

Author: Pierre Gripari

Publisher: Pushkin Press

Published: 2013-08-29

Total Pages: 202

ISBN-13: 1782690387

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Absurd fairy tales, very sensibly told ;There once was a good little devil - did you read that right? Yes you did: not a wicked little devil but a good one, and boy, was he in a fix! ;Instead of doing bad things like forgetting his homework and playing tricks on his teachers, this little devil kept trying to be good. He did all his homework - and sometimes enjoyed it! He was never rude and he even encouraged sinners to say sorry. His parents were at their wits' end. So the little devil struck out on his own.On his quest to learn to be good, our little devil meets all kinds of people, from priests to police and from the Pope in Rome to Little Jesus himself. But will the angels let a little red devil with black horns into Heaven? ;In these thirteen tales, clever young people find nifty ways to overcome greedy kings, wicked witches, unlucky spells and even silly names. And there's a big dash of magic to help them on the way!

The Devil's Son
The Devil's Son

Author: Anne Black Gray

Publisher:

Published: 2012-03-12

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780985264000

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You think you know who they were, why they fought, why they died. You know only the black-and-white version-now experience the feud in full color. Over 100 years ago the Hatfield-McCoy feud bloodied the West Virginia-Kentucky border and threatened the lives and fortunes of Cap Hatfield and his family. Encouraged by wealthy men who used courtrooms and political power to their advantage, the feud threatened to explode into a second War Between the States. In The Devil's Son, follow the journey of Cap, son of Anderson "Devil Anse," the feared patriarch of the Hatfield clan. Leading the family's efforts to survive, Devil Anse loses too many battles, and Cap must step up. Armed with intelligence and determination, Cap sets out to save his family while he wrestles with coming of age in the shadow of the Devil.