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Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to explore the ways in which the concept of evil has been invoked in relation to child abuse. First, the scene is set by juxtaposing professional discourses which have eschewed the concept of evil and public opinion which is ...
Humphrey, Caroline
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A brief history of psychosurgery
Diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders has changed significantly over years. Our understanding of aetiology of psychiatric disorders has evolved from demonic possession to specific neurobiological mechanism.
K Priya Nayak, A T Safeekh
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Pastoral care with young people suffering from depression in the context of Soweto
The situation and challenges of young people with depression in the urban African context of Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa, are investigated from a pastoral care perspective. Depression is one of the more prevalent mental disorders.
Mwansa C. Kimpinde, Yolanda Dreyer
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TOWARDS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF DEMON POSSESSED/DEMONIZED CHRISTIANS
In the pre-modern world people generally believed in the supernatural. Individuals and culture as a whole believed in the existence of God (or gods), angels, and demons. The visible world owed its existence and meaning to a spiritual realm beyond the senses.
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The Berger extravagant raises a debate on demonic possession which ends as a « coup de théâtre ». The narrator himself is doubting. Therefore, one can read the text attributed to the writer Onésime de Claireville as a philosophical fiction on the ...
Amélie Blanckaert
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The essay defines and explores the dimensions of 'fakecraft'. It unpacks authenticity in relation to problems of identity, the aura of the original, and commodification.
Paul Christopher Johnson
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Social spatialization and everyday life [PDF]
This editorial introduction discusses the problematic ‘demonology’ of spatial analyses that attempt to understand the logic of the social in terms of subject-based origins.
Loon, J van
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In the numerous accounts of demonic possessions in the first half of the 17th century in France, the exorcists and the historians, in their capacity as spectators and sensible hermeneuts, are generally given the opportunity to speak about the torments of
Antoinette Gimaret
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RNA structural profiling of Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus by DMS‐MaPseq and DREEM analyses uncover that viral genome‐wide RSS is highly complicated and heterogeneous, with alternative RSSs widely distributed across the genome. Notably, the viral 3’ tRNA‐like structure adopts alternative conformations in vivo.
Jiaying Zhu +7 more
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Uninterpret-Able: Bridging with Mentally Diverse Bodies
The pericope of demonic possession in Mark 5 invites us to reject a simplistic aversion to uninterpretable experiences. Engaging with Julia Kristeva’s concept of abjection encourages readers to recognize that embracing heterogeneous otherness can create ...
Eliana Ah-Rum Ku
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