Possession and Exorcism in the New Testament and Early Christianity

by Eric Sorensen

Eric Sorensen examines how religious tradition is maintained when in conflict with social convention. The author is specifically interested in how Christianity overcame stigmas of magic and superstition in its practice of exorcism as it extended into Greek and Roman areas of Christian mission. Using an historical-critical approach, he argues for three principal factors at work in confirming the exorcist's place in religious society: cultural adaptation...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161478517
• ISBN13: 9783161478512
• Release Date: December 2002
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.