La première partie de cette thèse fait le bilan des formes de possessions sorcière, démoniaque ou liée à l’esprit d’un mort, par une incursion historique et anthropologique. Elle aborde aussi les rites, mis en œuvre par les sociétés, pour s’en protéger et pour traiter les cas de possessions. Des éléments propres à la question des démons, du diable et de l’exorcisme dans le christianisme sont ensuite présentés, avant de faire le bilan de la problématique par les aliénistes et les psychiatres, français pour la plupart. Les liens entre médecins et prêtres, face à de telles plaintes sont abordés. La seconde partie traite des aspects contemporains de la problématique. En effet, bien que ce thème puisse sembler à contre-courant de notre époque et de notre culture occidentale organisée par le discours scientifique, il est très actuel. Nous présentons les plaintes qui apparaissent sur des sites Internet qui parfois n’hésitent pas à tenter d’en tirer profit. Au début du 21e siècle, des crimes qualifiés de « satanistes » ont été médiatisés et les exorcistes invités à prendre place dans le débat. Le recours à l’exorciste et les demandes d’exorcismes se sont multipliées. L’Eglise catholique a dû s’organiser et de nombreux prêtres ont été amenés à tenir ce “Ministère” d’exorcisme. La liberté dont ils jouissent, les amène à pratiquer des rituels en adéquation avec leur croyance à un diable métaphorique ou, au contraire, personnifié. Des chapitres sont consacrés à leur organisation, à leur pratique dans le cadre d’un travail d’observation participante. Celle du père J., un exorciste qui chasse le diable est longuement abordée. Selon notre hypothèse, elle tend à générer le sentiment de possession par le diable, chez le consultant. Enfin, la troisième partie est constituée tout d’abord d’un bilan des points de vue psychanalytiques sur la question du diable et de la possession. Puis nous présentons des cas cliniques rencontrés dans le cadre de nos travaux de recherches et de notre profession. Des réflexions personnelles sur la problématique viennent conclure cette thèse. / The first part of this thesis makes an assessment of the various forms of possession witch possession, demonic possession or bound to the spirit of a deceased person, by reference to history and anthropology. It also approaches the rites implemented by societies to protect themselves and to handle the cases of possession. Various elements appropriate to the question of evil spirits, the devil and exorcism in the Christian religion are then presented, before making an assessment of the problem as seen by alienists and psychiatrists, mostly French. The links between doctors and priests confronted with such complaints are also examined. The second part handles contemporary aspects of the problem. Indeed, although this theme may seem to go against the current of our time and of our scientific oriented western culture, it is very topical. We present the complaints that appear on web sites which sometimes do not hesitate to attempt to make profit out of them. At the beginning of the 21st century, crimes qualified as "Satanists" received considerable media coverage the exorcists were invited to take place in the debate. The recourse to the exorcist and the requests of exorcisms then multiplied. The Roman Catholic Church had to get organized and numerous priests were brought to hold this "Ministry" of exorcism. The freedom which they enjoy brings them to practise rites in adequacy with their faith in a metaphoric devil or, on the contrary, a personified one. Several chapters are dedicated to their organization, to their practice within a period of observation and cooperation task. That of father J., an exorcist who chases away the devil is largely presented. In our hypothesis, this practice tends to generate the feeling of possession by the devil for the consultant. Finally, the third part mainly consists in an assessment of the psychoanalytical points of view on the question of the devil and possession. Then we present clinical cases that we have come across in the course of our research works and of our professional practice. Personal reflections on the problem come to conclude this thesis.

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Uppsatsen Präster, psykiatriker och demoner – En religionspsykologisk studie kring besatthet och exorcism, och användning av exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod skildrar och analyserar frågan kring och om exorcism kan ha en användbar funktion inom modern psykologi och psykiatri. Problem och möjliga fördelar med exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod för psykisk störning studeras. Kan en sådan värdeladdad företeelse ha en plats i det moderna samhället och inom vården? Inledande i uppsatsen ges en inblick i främst de katolska föreställningarna som rör besatthet och exorcism. Efter det inledande kapitlet ges en kort översikt av exorcismens historia, och den katolska kyrkans regelverk för bedömning av besatthet,och den själva utdrivningsritualen presenteras kort utifrån Rituale Romanum, den katolska kyrkans ritualbok. Även Vatikanens uppdatering av ritualen kring exorcism från 1999 skildras. I uppdateringen ska hänsyn till modern psykologi, psykiatri och medicin tas, men djävulen är självfallet samtidigt en realitet.I uppsatsens analys presenteras det valda internationella och svenska materialet som studerats. Besatthet och exorcism behandlas utifrån en inblick i problemen och debatten som rör företeelsernas plats inom vården och samhället. Diagnosproblematik, problem kring tro och vetande, och möjliga fördelar och belastningar med exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod tas upp. I uppsatsens slutsatser konstateras att en öppenhet för alla aspekter av fenomenet är viktigt för att bästa vård och hjälp ska kunna ges. Många aspekter måste tas i beaktning, och det är viktigare att hitta bästa lösningen på patientens problem än att bara se till egna åskådningar och förhållningssätt. Slutsatsen dras att för att kunna hjälpa någon som är i behov av psykisk vård och samtidigt rör sig inom en speciell religiös föreställningsvärld under speciella omständigheter kan exorcism vara en möjlig del av vården under kontrollerade former. Uppsatsens författare anser dock att exorcism och besatthet fortfarande kommer att vara mycket kontroversiellt och värdeladdat för många även om psykvården skulle ge ett erkännande av begreppet ”besatthet” som en diagnos och exorcism som en möjlig behandlingsmetod.

Thesis (M.A.)--Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/Crozer Theological Seminary, 1998. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 166-174).

Thesis (Ph. D. in Religion)--Vanderbilt University, May 2006. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Artists creating images of demonic possession during the Roman Catholic Counter-Reformation communicated theological messages by accentuating the most famous and dramatic exorcisms. This project proposes an interpretive structure, called cultural theatrics, for analyzing these works. Brian Levack’s theory of cultural performance provides the framework from which cultural theatrics develops. Levack’s cultural performance includes the demoniac and the exorcist as participants in religious dramas who act in a way that their religious communities expected them to act. However, this thesis proposes that images of possession and exorcism (rather than the historical events of alleged possession and exorcism themselves) are more appropriate subject matter for studying the theatricality of possession because artists held the interpretative leverage of conveying theological messages through depictions of exorcisms. This research shows how the artist, patron, and learned advisor mobilize cultural theatrics in images of demonic possession.

O objetivo de estudo deste trabalho concentra-se em analisar a adesão de católicos ao evangelismo de prosperidade, mediante o crescimento do Neopentecostalismo na contemporaneidade, tomando como referência o município de São José da Coroa Grande, situado em Pernambuco. Considere-se o aumento do número de fiéis que saem da Igreja Católica para a Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, a que mais se destacou, considerando-se que esse aumento está relacionado à sua representatividade no local, devido à sua atuação na cooptação de pessoas, conseguindo atrair novos adeptos e, ao mesmo tempo, manter os fiéis mais antigos. A coleta de dados foi feita por meio da observação participante na localidade durante as reuniões locais, entrevistas semiestruturadas e por uma vasta bibliografia consultada. Procuraremos enfocar os motivos e processos de conversões relevantes e de tanta aceitação pelos fiéis que fazem da Igreja Universal, a que conseguiu destacar-se em tão pouco tempo dentre as pentecostais

Este trabalho tem como finalidade apresentar o fenômeno da possessão e exorcismo na tradição judaico-cristã, ao longo da história; partindo da antiguidade judaica até os dias atuais. A possessão demoníaca, bem como a prática do exorcismo, são temas estudados desde a antiguidade até os dias atuais. Pretende-se apresentar uma síntese, em chave historiográfica, desses fenômenos do Campo Religioso, além de uma análise crítica apoiada nos estudos de biblistas como Karl Kertelge, Antônio Lazarini Neto, Irineu José Rabuske e Luigi Schiavo e historiadores como Jaccques Le Goff e Jean Delumeau. Para que isso seja feito, o trabalho foi dividido em três capítulos: no primeiro, analisaremos a questão do panorama histórico do fenômeno; no segundo, retrataremos as evoluções sofridas no fenômeno mediante as crenças do mundo medieval e moderno, culminando na análise teológica do fenômeno de possessão e do exorcismo no último capítulo. / This work aims to present the phenomenon of possession and exorcism in the Judeo-Christian tradition throughout history; starting from the Jewish antiquity to the present day. Demonic possession, as well as the practice of exorcism, are studied themes from antiquity to the present day. It is intended to provide a summary, in historiographical key, these phenomena of Religious Realm, and a critical analysis supported in studies by scholars like Karl Kertelge, Antonio Lazarini Neto, José Irenaeus Rabuske and Luigi Schiavo and historians as Jaccques Le Goff and Jean Delumeau . For this to be done, the work was divided into three chapters: the first, we analyze the question of the historical overview of the phenomenon; in the second, portray the developments in the phenomenon suffered by the beliefs of the medieval and modern world, culminating in the theological analysis of the possession and exorcism phenomenon in the last chapter.

In many African traditional societies, the felt needs of people are usually met by the services of the shaman or other traditional medicine specialists. These needs vary and they could include the need for protection against witchcraft and evil spirits. Another need in Africa is for physical and psychical health. These needs are felt by many Africans inside and outside ecclesiastical structures. Despite centuries of western influence and teaching by missionaries, these felt needs have not gone away. The sensitivity to the spirit world and its impact on the human and material word still remains a firm belief in the African socio-spiritual reality. In its missiological responsibilities in the past and now, the church in Africa continues to display a theological deficiency in addressing this vacuum in African spirituality. Consequently, many African Christians are trapped in the dual, two-tier or split-level Christianity. This shows itself in times of existential crises in which many committed and respectable African Christians revert to traditional religious practices as a means of meeting their spiritual needs, due to the church’s inability to do so. This observed lack of traditional Christian theology and its irrelevancy to African life, has left many African Christians in a dilemma. It is this lacuna in Christian theology and practice that the researcher seeks to address in this study. By analysing documents on spirits in the first-century Jewish world and the two-volume work of Luke-Acts, the researcher endeavours to show the relevance and possible appropriation of the New Testament message to African spiritual realities. This is based on the understanding that the world of the first-century Jews and other communities in the Mediterranean region at the time, has more in common with Africans than the extremely naturalistic, rationalistic and abstract-oriented worldview of the early western missionaries who initially brought the gospel to Africa. Central to the researcher’s thesis, is the argument that, if early Christians, as exemplified by the Lucan audience, could respond to the fears, problems and realities of the spirit world by using God-ordained, spiritual and biblically acceptable means and not magical ways, African Christians, too, who find themselves in similar situations, can do the same. The contention in this study is that the rediscovery of the aspect of the spirit world of the New Testament message will go a long way towards resolving the problem of split-level Christianity in Africa. This task remains a theological imperative for New Testament scholarship in order for the church to present a holistic message to the masses of Africa and to demonstrate how the immanence of the Christian God in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit, relates to the daily needs of spirit-sensitive Africans – a message that Luke tried so hard to convey to his readers in the first century. / Thesis (PhD (New Testament Studies))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / New Testament Studies / unrestricted

Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-01T18:12:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 dissertacao_argentina.pdf: 1010400 bytes, checksum: e47edce7d04e88ea865592b6f2c26a81 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-30 / The aim of this paper is analyze the accession of Catholic evangelism for prosperity through the growth of Neopentecostalism in contemporary times, with reference to the city of St. Joseph Crown Grande, located in Pernambuco. Considering the increase in number of worshipers leaving the Catholic Church for the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, it was the one that stood out, considering that this increase is related to their representation in the locality due to its role in the induction of persons, managing to attract new supporters and while keeping the faithful older. Data collection was done by means of participant observation in the locality during the 'meeting' local, semi-structured interviews and an extensive bibliography. We will try to focus on the reasons and processes relevant conversions and so accepted by the faithful who make the Church Universal, which managed to stand out in such a short time among Pentecostals / O objetivo de estudo deste trabalho concentra-se em analisar a adesão de católicos ao evangelismo de prosperidade, mediante o crescimento do Neopentecostalismo na contemporaneidade, tomando como referência o município de São José da Coroa Grande, situado em Pernambuco. Considere-se o aumento do número de fiéis que saem da Igreja Católica para a Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus, a que mais se destacou, considerando-se que esse aumento está relacionado à sua representatividade no local, devido à sua atuação na cooptação de pessoas, conseguindo atrair novos adeptos e, ao mesmo tempo, manter os fiéis mais antigos. A coleta de dados foi feita por meio da observação participante na localidade durante as reuniões locais, entrevistas semiestruturadas e por uma vasta bibliografia consultada. Procuraremos enfocar os motivos e processos de conversões relevantes e de tanta aceitação pelos fiéis que fazem da Igreja Universal, a que conseguiu destacar-se em tão pouco tempo dentre as pentecostais