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Curses or Threats? Debating the Power of Witches’ Words in 17th-Century Scottish Courtrooms
NJES: Nordic Journal of English studies, 2017 17th-century Scottish court records present a perspective on witchcraft language that is unavailable in Early Modern English trials, namely that of defence lawyers.
Magdalena Leitner
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The Anthropology of Magic and Sorcery in Tunisian society: An Ethnographic study
Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Social Sciences, 2023 This research is concerned with the study of the phenomenon of witchcraft and sorcery in Arab societies through a field study in Tunisian society, which included a sample of workers in the field of witchcraft and witchcraft.
Said Abdelli
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EtnoAntropologia, 2017 This paper treats the relationship between vengeance and witchcraft in the contemporary Guaraní-speaking indigenous region of Isoso, in the Bolivian Chaco.
Francesca Scionti
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2014 Amongst other things, African culture (societies) has been characterised by its perception and fear of witchcraft. Even though the belief in witchcraft is an old phenomenon, its growth is revealed and to some extent mitigated by videos, films and ...
M. Elijah Baloyi
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The Deceptive Nature of Magic and Witchcraft: A Cultural Practice and Its Menace on Zimbabwean Society [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesThis study critically examines the deceptive nature of magic and witchcraft as cultural practices in Zimbabwe and highlights its negative impact on society. Based on social conflict theory, the research explores how the belief in witchcraft fosters fear,
Dylan Yanano Mangani , Temba Rugwiji
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Pentecostal Conceptions of Evil Forces: An Exposition on Warfare Prayer and Imprecation in Modern Nigeria [PDF]
E-Journal of Religious and Theological StudiesThis study critically examines the deceptive nature of magic and witchcraft as cultural practices in Zimbabwe and highlights its negative impact on society. Based on social conflict theory, the research explores how the belief in witchcraft fosters fear,
Jemimah Ogechi Ekechi
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Dialogic teaching has been shown to be beneficial for students' learning and achievement. However, few studies have investigated how dialogic teaching may foster students' creative thinking in the classroom. This study examined the sequential patterns of classroom dialogue associated with students' creative thinking.
Yang Tao, Deliang Wang, Gaowei Chen
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Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis, EarlyView.Abstract Regulatory genetic toxicology focuses on DNA damage and subsequent gene mutations. However, genotoxic agents can also affect epigenetic marks, and incorporation of epigenetic data into the regulatory framework may thus enhance the accuracy of risk assessment.
Roger Godschalk +4 more
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Witchcraft and Witchcraft Cleansing in Southern Zimbabwe
Anthropos, 2007 This article investigates the social mechanism of witchcraft in Hwali ward in Zimbabwe. It argues that the discourse of witchcraft is a local idiom and means to explain and control modern changes. The escalating witchcraft and antiwitchcraft practices can be seen as both explanatory and instrumental.
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Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Gender and race have received significant philosophical attention recently; they are the paradigm cases of social kinds in most philosophical accounts. I argue for the inclusion of caste as a social kind because it affects the lives of many people, and because it presents itself as an important test case for philosophers of social kinds.
Ajinkya Deshmukh
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