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Perfect for Hallowe'en: haunting accounts of real-life exorcisms through the centuries, from ancient Egypt and the biblical Middle East to colonial America and twentieth-century South Africa
Levitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures, even into our own time. Unsettling and chilling, The Penguin Book of Exorcisms brings together the most astonishing accounts: Saint Anthony set upon by demons in the form of a lion, a bull and a panther, who are no match for his devotion and prayer; the Prophet Muhammad casting an enemy of God out of a young boy; fox spirits in medieval China and Japan; a headless bear assaulting a woman in sixteenth-century England; the possession of an entire convent of Ursuline nuns in a French town; a Zulu woman who daily floated to a height of five feet; the exorcism in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 that inspired the film The Exorcist; a Filipina girl 'bitten by devils'; and a rare example of a priest's letter requesting permission of a bishop to perform an exorcism - after witnessing a boy walk backwards up a wall. . .
Perfect for Hallowe'en: haunting accounts of real-life exorcisms through the centuries, from ancient Egypt and the biblical Middle East to colonial America and twentieth-century South Africa
Levitation. Feats of superhuman strength. Speaking in tongues. A hateful, glowing stare. The signs of spirit possession have been documented for thousands of years and across religions and cultures, even into our own time. Unsettling and chilling, The Penguin Book of Exorcisms brings together the most astonishing accounts: Saint Anthony set upon by demons in the form of a lion, a bull and a panther, who are no match for his devotion and prayer; the Prophet Muhammad casting an enemy of God out of a young boy; fox spirits in medieval China and Japan; a headless bear assaulting a woman in sixteenth-century England; the possession of an entire convent of Ursuline nuns in a French town; a Zulu woman who daily floated to a height of five feet; the exorcism in Earling, Iowa, in 1928 that inspired the film The Exorcist; a Filipina girl 'bitten by devils'; and a rare example of a priest's letter requesting permission of a bishop to perform an exorcism - after witnessing a boy walk backwards up a wall. . .
Joseph P. Laycock is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University and a co-editor of the journal Nova Religio. He is the author or editor of several books about religion, including Speak of the Devil, Spirit Possession Around the World, and The Seer of Bayside, and has written for Quartz and The New Republic. He lives in Austin, Texas.
RELEVANT TO POPULAR CINEMA: The third installment of the Warner Bros. exorcism franchise The Conjuring, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga and called The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, is scheduled to be released on September 11, 2020, and the second season of the CBS series Evil is set to premiere in Fall 2020.
TIMED FOR HALLOWEEN PUBLICITY
SUCCESS OF OTHER HALLOWEEN-THEMED PENGUIN CLASSICS ANTHOLOGIES: The Penguin Book of Hell has sold 11,000+ copies since 2018; The Penguin Book of the Undead has sold 12,000+ copies since 2016; and The Penguin Book of Witches has sold 22,000+ copies since 2014.
ON TREND WITH WITCHCRAFT AND ASTROLOGY, whose rise in popularity, according to exorcists, is the cause of the increase in demonic possessions.
EDITOR IS AN EXORCISM EXPERT who teaches a course on demonology and exorcisms at Texas State University and has written on the subject for the popular press.
FEATURES TWO FASCINATING, LITTLE-KNOWN, NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED ACCOUNTS
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Genre: | Importe, Religion & Theologie |
| Rubrik: | Geisteswissenschaften |
| Medium: | Taschenbuch |
| Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
| ISBN-13: | 9780143135470 |
| ISBN-10: | 0143135473 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
| Autor: | Laycock, Joseph P. |
| Redaktion: | Laycock, Joseph P |
| Hersteller: | Penguin Publishing Group |
| Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
| Maße: | 193 x 132 x 17 mm |
| Von/Mit: | Joseph P Laycock |
| Erscheinungsdatum: | 08.09.2020 |
| Gewicht: | 0,254 kg |
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