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Tag Archives: Magic
The Potent Instability of Religion & Magic
In November 2007, during one of the worst droughts in Georgia history, then-Governor Sonny Purdue “stepped up to a podium outside the state Capitol… and led a solemn crowd of several hundred people in a prayer for rain on his … Continue reading
Posted in Kenny Paul Smith, Religion and Popular Culture
Tagged 700 Club, drought, Flunking Sainthood, Georgia, Jana Reiss, Magic, Pat Roberston, Religion, Sonny Purdue, tornadoes
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SORAAAD BookNotes with the Bulletin: Allison P. Courdet, Religion, Magic, and Science in Early Modern Europe and America
This week’s “book note” looks at a very recent attempt to locate the comparative category “magic” in larger historical and discursive contexts, Allison P. Courdet, Religion, Magic, and Science in Early Modern Europe and America (Santa Barbara: Praeger, 2011). Courdet … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, BookNotes, Kenny Paul Smith
Tagged Allison Courdet, Magic, Modernity, Religion, Science
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