Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-century Massachusetts

Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-century Massachusetts
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Publisher : Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press
Total Pages : 296
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Download or read book Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-century Massachusetts written by Richard Weisman and published by Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explains the social processes underlying support and resistance to collective action against witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts; providing theological interpretations of witchcraft, focusing on the relationship between witchcraft and magic, and considering the interrelationships between the two.


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