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Evil, child abuse and the caring professions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
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
core   +1 more source

A brief history of psychosurgery

open access: yesArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences, 2019
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
doaj   +1 more source

Pastoral care with young people suffering from depression in the context of Soweto

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2020
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
doaj   +1 more source

TOWARDS AN INTERPRETATION OF THE PHENOMENA OF DEMON POSSESSED/DEMONIZED CHRISTIANS

open access: yesJurnal Teologi Amreta (ISSN: 2599-3100), 2021
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.
openaire   +2 more sources

« Quant à moy, [...] je demeurois confus » : Le Gascon extravagant, un roman sur l’exercice du jugement ?

open access: yesLes Dossiers du GRIHL, 2007
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
doaj   +1 more source

Fakecraft [PDF]

open access: yesJournal for the Study of Religion, 2018
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
doaj   +3 more sources

Social spatialization and everyday life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
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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L’Autobiographie de Jeanne des Anges (1644) : histoire d’une âme ou réécriture d’une affaire de possession ?

open access: yesEtudes Epistémè, 2011
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
doaj   +1 more source

DMS‐MaPseq and DREEM Analyses Implicate the Critical Role of RNA Structural Dynamics in Turnip Yellow Mosaic Virus Pathogenicity

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Uninterpret-Able: Bridging with Mentally Diverse Bodies

open access: yesReligions
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
doaj   +1 more source

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