The Church Sinister: The Devil’s Works and the Anglican Church on British Television

The exorcism of Michael Taylor in 1974, which led to murder, pushed Anglican exorcisms into the public gaze. This article proposes a particular trajectory of Anglicanism and the preternatural into popular culture and popular awareness of religion. The Taylor case was one of the catalysts for private...

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Authors: Harmes, Marcus K. (Author) ; Harmes, Meredith A. (Author) ; Harmes, Barbara 1945-2022 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2023
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-27
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Church of England / Exorcism / Clergyperson / Television program / The Supernatural / Satanism / Witchcraft / History 1960-1990
RelBib Classification:AZ New religious movements
CD Christianity and Culture
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBF British Isles
KDE Anglican Church
NBH Angelology; demonology
TK Recent history
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Canon Law
B Witchcraft
B Geoffrey Lampe
B Dennis Wheatley
B Christopher Neil-Smith
B preternatural
B Satanism
B Anglicanism
B Church of England
B Exorcism
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