| CODE | SHG1570 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Personification of Evil | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Sacred Scripture, Hebrew and Greek | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The aim of this study-unit is to give an integral biblical perspective as regards the idea of the personification of evil in the whole context of revelation and how this was subsequently interpreted by the Church in its theological debates and pastoral praxis vis-a`-vis phenomena such as satanism, spiritism, belief in spells, magic practices etc. This will serve as the basis for subsequesnt debate as regards the relevance of the specific Ministry of Exorcism in the Christian Churches, with special reference to the Catholic Church. Reading List: - BALDUCCI C., Il Diavolo, Roma 1990. - BALDUCCI C., Adoratori del Diavolo e Rock Satanico, Roma 1991. - CALLIARI P., Trattato di Demonologia secondo la Teologia Cattolica, Milan 1991 - HERON B., I saw Satan Fal., The Ways of Spiritual Warfare, Luton 1997. - JOHNSTON H.E. - ALOI P. (ed.), The New Generation Witches. Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Culture, (Ashgate Controversial New Religions Series) Ashgate, England-USA 2007. PETERSEN J.E. (ed.), Contemporary Religious Satanism, A Critical Anthology (Ashgate Controversial New Religions Series), Ashgate, England-USA 2009. FAXNELD P. - PETERSEN J.E. (ed.), The Devil's Party, Satanism in Modernity, Oxford University Press, Oxford-New York 2013. - VERNETTE J., Occultisme, magie, envoutements, Paris 1990. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Marcello Ghirlando |
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