Clough, Paul.

Powers of Good and Evil : Social Transformation and Popular Belief. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (264 pages)

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Dangerous Creatures and the Enchantment of Modern Life -- Chapter 2. Witchcraft and New Forms of Wealth -- Chapter 3. The Devil, Satanism and the Evil Eye in Contemporary Malta -- Chapter 4. 'You Devil, go away from me!' Pentecostalist African Christianity and the Powers of Good and Evil -- Chapter 5. Modernity, Crisis and the Rise of Charismatic Catholicism in the Maltese Islands -- Chapter 6. Good, Evil and Godhood -- Chapter 7. The State and the Empire of Evil -- Chapter 8. The Iconography of Evil in Maltese Art -- Conclusions. The Political Economy behind the Powers of Good and Evil -- Index.

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9781782387565


Ethnophilosophy.
Philosophical anthropology.
Belief and doubt.
Good and evil.
Social change.


Electronic books.

GN468.P68 2001

306.4