Offshoring the invisible world? American ghosts, witches, and demons in the early enlightenment
The fierce debate about the reality of spirits and the “Invisible World” which flared up in the 1690’s helped define the early Enlightenment. All sides in this debate—from Spinoza and Balthasar Bekker to John Beaumont and Cotton Mather—refashioned familiar metaphors of light and darkness and connect...
| Published in: | Critical research on religion |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
2021
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Critical research on religion
Year: 2021, Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 126-141 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Mather, Cotton 1663-1728
/ Spinoza, Benedictus de 1632-1677
/ Bekker, Balthasar 1634-1698
/ Enlightenment
/ Spirits
/ Witch
/ Demon
/ Existence
/ Controversy
B Western world / Enlightenment / Brightness / Spirits / Demon / Witch / Darkness / Paganism / Non-European culture / Dunkle Haut |
| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AG Religious life; material religion KBQ North America |
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Balthasar Bekker
B Light B European enlightenment B Cotton Mather B ghosts and spirits |
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