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Having the Spirit of Christ: Spirit Possession and Exorcism in the Early Christ Groups

Having the Spirit of Christ: Spirit Possession and Exorcism in the Early Christ Groups - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Giovanni B. BazzanaSeries:SynkrisisPublish date:2020-01-01Pages:336
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300245622ISBN-10:300245629UPC:9780300245622Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian TheologyBook Topic:History, Angelology & DemonologySize:9.50 x 6.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCMY5DZKEF
A provocative reinterpretation of accounts of spirit possession and exorcism in early Christianity

The earliest Christian writings are filled with stories of possession and exorcism, which were crucial for the activity of the historical Jesus and for the practice of the earliest groups of his followers. Most critical scholarship, however, regularly marginalizes these topics or discards them altogether in reconstructing early Christian history.

This innovative book approaches the study of possession from a different methodological angle by using a comparative lens that includes contemporary ethnographies of possession cross-culturally. Possession, besides being a harmful event that should be exorcized, can also have a positive role in many cultures. Often it helps individuals and groups to reflect on and reshape their identity, to plan their moral actions, and to remember in a most vivid way their past. When read in light of these materials, these ancient documents reveal the religious, cultural, and social meaning that the experience of possession had for the early Christ groups.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Yale University PressISBN-13:9780300245622ISBN-10:300245629UPC:9780300245622Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian TheologyBook Topic:History, Angelology & DemonologySize:9.50 x 6.40 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.3007Product ID:SCMY5DZKEF
Giovanni B. Bazzana is professor of New Testament at Harvard Divinity School. He is the author of Kingdom of Bureaucracy: The Political Theology of Village Scribes in the Sayings Gospel Q and serves on the editorial board of the Harvard Theological Review.
Publisher: Yale University Press

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