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Getting shot of elves: healing, witchcraft and fairies in the Scottish witchcraft trials [PDF]
, 2005 This paper re-examines the evidence of the Scottish witchcraft trials for beliefs associated by scholars with "elf-shot." Some supposed evidence for elf-shot is dismissed, but other material illuminates the interplay between illness, healing and fairy ...
Alaric Hall +37 more
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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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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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Changing Nigerian cultures: two films against witchcraft and an impossible dialogue [PDF]
, 2017 The prominent place of witchcraft in Nollywood films produced in the 1990s is widely acknowledged, and has prompted a number of comments from critics.
Ugochukwu, Françoise
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo +8 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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New light on the ‘Drummer of Tedworth’: conflicting narratives of witchcraft in Restoration England [PDF]
, 2005 This paper presents a definitive text of hitherto little-known early documents concerning ‘The Drummer of Tedworth’, a poltergeist case that occurred in 1662-3 and became famous not least due to its promotion by Joseph Glanvill in his demonological work,
Craster H. H. E. +9 more
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Farmers' capabilities, a core component of social sustainability, have been largely neglected in sustainable agriculture discourse. Using a relational approach to capabilities and autonomy, this study explores how women farmers translate the opportunity of agricultural innovation into their valued outcomes, and which factors shape their ...
Dawn D. Cheong, Bettina Bock
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The Marked and the Magic in \u3cem\u3eProspero’s Daughter\u3c/em\u3e: Contextualizing Postmodern Witchcraft Accusations Using the Early Modern [PDF]
, 2019 Despite Prospero’s Daughter having won Elizabeth Nunez a handful of awards and having been received positively by critics, little aside from reviews about the novel exists in the literary sphere.
Gomez, Olivia
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Nigerian scam e-mails and the charms of capital [PDF]
, 2009 So-called '419' or 'advance-fee' e-mail frauds have proved remarkably successful. Global losses to these scams are believed to run to billions of dollars.
Adorno T. +34 more
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