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Contrary to nature : Inuit conception of witchcraft
Scripta Instituti Donneriani Aboensis, 1987 The present contribution to the phenomenology of witchcraft will depend for its data on the traditional conceptions, rites, and folklore of witchcraft among the Inuit (Eskimo) of Čanada and Greenland.
Daniel Merkur
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Witchcraft and witchcraft-related violence in AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe, Eastern Cape
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2022 This article explores witchcraft-related violence against elderly women in the AmaZizi chiefdom of kwaZangashe in Eastern Cape, South Africa. The potential causes that have promoted such violence form the central subject of the study.
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Children &Society, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract As a primary source for the early ages, picture books guide preschool children's gender perception through stories and illustrations. However, previous studies have criticised an overall gender inequality in children's picture books. Compared to the increasing attention on gender diversity in the UK picture book industry, there has been little
Yi Li, Melissa Terras, Yongning Li
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Biblical principles as an answer to the African people�s questioning of witchcraft
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2012 Witchcraft is still an enormous and serious issue in African culture. The media, including the entertainment component (e.g. African Magic programmes on satellite television), portray witchcraft as an issue that needs to be addressed. Witchcraft has in a
David K. Semenya, Rantoa Letsosa
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Delik Santet Dalam Konstruksi Rancangan Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana
Al-Adalah, 2020 This study discusses witchcraft (santet) as one of the controversial offenses in the Criminal Code Bill. Socially, witchcraft (santet) is believed to be an act that can harm people, narrate, or even kill people.
Satriadi satriadi
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Religions, 2023 This article explores intersectionality of identities within Dalit and Adivasi traditions through a review of contemporary research on practices of witchcraft.
Jolanda Brunnekreef
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Child Accusation of Witchcraft – Another Road into Trafficking
Journal of Social Work Education and Practice, 2023 Child accusation of witchcraft has been the focus of global media reporting however, with limited academic research. Several children removed from trafficking in West Africa that participated in a larger study were accused of witchcraft by Pastors ...
Ifeyinwa Mbakogu
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‘Viral’ hunts? A cultural Darwinian analysis of witch persecutions [PDF]
, 2019 The theory of Darwinian cultural evolution is gaining currency in many parts of the socio-cultural sciences, but it remains contentious. Critics claim that the theory is either fundamentally mistaken or boils down to a fancy re-description of things we ...
Boudry, Maarten, Hofhuis, Steije
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Effects and impact of witchcraft on Sotho Reformed Churches and the Biblical view of witchcraft
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2013 The aim of this article is to analyse the effects and impact of witchcraft on members of the Basotho Reformed Church who ascribe to witchcraft. From the literature, it is clear that some members of the Basotho Reformed Church practise various forms of ...
David K. Semenya, Rantoa Letsosa
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Martor, 2023 This article examines the problems associated with witchcraft and magical beliefs in contemporary Russia. It analyzes media discourse in online publication, video streams, social networks, and comments in public media resources in which ordinary people ...
Olga Khristoforova
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