The Devil's Dominion: Magic and Religion in Early New England

by Richard Gobbeer and Richard Godbeer

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Early New Englanders used magical techniques to divine the future, to heal the sick, to protect against harm and to inflict harm. Protestant ministers of the time claimed that religious faith and magical practice were incompatible, and yet, as Richard Godbeer shows, there were significant affinities between the two that enabled layfolk to switch from one to the other without any immediate sense of wrongdoing. Godbeer argues that the different perspectives...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0521466709

ISBN13:9780521466707

Release Date:January 1994

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:268 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Related Subjects

17th Century Colonial Period Earth-Based Religions Education & Reference Historical Study & Educational Resources History Modern (16th-21st Centuries) New Age, Mythology & Occult Occult Politics & Social Sciences

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