Sociology of Exorcism in Late Modernity

• Main Authors: Giordan, Giuseppe (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Possamai, Adam (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Religion and sociology.; Catholic Church.; Psychology and religion.; Sociology of Religion.; Religion and Society.; Catholicism.; Religion and Psychology.

This book provides a sociological understanding of the phenomenon of exorcism and an analysis of the reasons for its contemporary re-emergence and impact on various communities. It argues that exorcism has become a religious commodity with the potential to strengthen a religion's attraction to...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Introduction
• 2. The Sociology of Exorcism
• 3. Case Study of Catholic Exorcism: Visiting an Exorcist
• 4. Case Study of Catholic Exorcism: Undergoing Exorcism
• 5. Religious Competition over Exorcism
• 6. The Over-policing, and Decriminalizing, of the Devil .