Witchcraft and the Modern Roman Catholic Church
Witchcraft and the Modern Roman Catholic Church

Author: Francis Young

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2022-01-27

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13: 1108956742

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Witchcraft is rarely mentioned in official documents of the contemporary Roman Catholic church, but ideas about the dangers of witchcraft and other forms of occultism underpin the recent revival of interest in exorcism in the church. This Element examines hierarchical and clerical understandings of witchcraft within the contemporary Roman Catholic church. The Element considers the difficulties faced by clergy in parts of the developing world, where belief in witchcraft is so dominant it has the potential to undermine the church's doctrine and authority. The Element also considers the revival of interest in witchcraft and cursing among Catholic demonologists and exorcists in the developed world. The Element explores whether it is possible for a global church to adopt any kind of coherent approach to a phenomenon appraised so differently across different cultures that the church's responses to witchcraft in one context are likely to seem irrelevant in another.

The Hibbert Journal
The Hibbert Journal

Author: Lawrence Pearsall Jacks

Publisher:

Published: 1927

Total Pages: 806

ISBN-13:

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A quarterly review of religion, theology, and philosophy.

Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft
Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft

Author: Various

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-12-02

Total Pages: 2038

ISBN-13: 1136732004

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Routledge Library Editions: Witchcraft re-issues eight volumes originally published between 1929 and 1977 and sheds fascinating light on the history, anthropological, religious and mythological contexts of witchcraft in the UK and Europe, including several volumes which focus specifically on the witch-hunts and trials of Early Modern Europe.

Witchcraft in the Middle Ages
Witchcraft in the Middle Ages

Author: Jeffrey Burton Russell

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-06-30

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 1501720317

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All the known theories and incidents of witchcraft in Western Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century are brilliantly set forth in this engaging and comprehensive history. Building on a foundation of newly discovered primary sources and recent secondary interpretations, Jeffrey Burton Russell first establishes the facts and then explains the phenomenon of witchcraft in terms of its social and religious environment, particularly in relation to medieval heresies. Russell treats European witchcraft as a product of Christianity, grounded in heresy more than in the magic and sorcery that have existed in other societies. Skillfully blending narration with analysis, he shows how social and religious changes nourished the spread of witchcraft until large portions of medieval Europe were in its grip, "from the most illiterate peasant to the most skilled philosopher or scientist." A significant chapter in the history of ideas and their repression is illuminated by this book. Our enduring fascination with the occult gives the author's affirmation that witchcraft arises at times and in areas afflicted with social tensions a special quality of immediacy.