Having the spirit of Christ : spirit possession and exorcism in the early Christ groups /

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Author / Creator:	Bazzana, Giovanni B., author.
Imprint:	New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Description:	x, 320 pages ; 25 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Synkrisis Synkrisis.
Subject:	Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. Spirit possession. Exorcism. Church history. Church history. Church history -- Primitive and early church. Exorcism. Spirit possession.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12006379

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ISBN:	9780300245622 0300245629
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Summary:	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 his earliest followers. 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.

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Beelzebul Against Satan: Exorcist Subjectivity and Spirit Possession in the Representation of Jesus
2. A Ghost among the Tombs: Mk 5:1-20 as a Ritual of Exorcism
3. The Last Adam Became a Life-Giving Spirit: Christ and Pneuma in Pauline Theology
4. If One Does Not Have the Spirit of Christ, One Does Not Belong to Him: The Functions of Spirit Possession in the Pauline Groups
5. "Will They Not Say That You Are Out of Your Mind?" The Performance of Possession
Conclusions
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
General Index
Name Index
Index of Ancient Sources

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