Author: Bp. Nicholas Hamner CobbsPublisher:
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Category : Superstition
Languages : en
Pages : 15
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The Cause and Corrective of Superstition
Author: Bp. Nicholas Hamner CobbsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Superstition
Languages : en
Pages : 15
Book Description
Superstition and Education
Author: Fletcher Bascom DresslarPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 262
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Superstition: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Stuart VysePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192551310
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Do you touch wood for luck, or avoid hotel rooms on floor thirteen? Would you cross the path of a black cat, or step under a ladder? Is breaking a mirror just an expensive waste of glass, or something rather more sinister? Despite the dominance of science in today's world, superstitious beliefs - both traditional and new - remain surprisingly popular. A recent survey of adults in the United States found that 33 percent believed that finding a penny was good luck, and 23 percent believed that the number seven was lucky. Where did these superstitions come from, and why do they persist today? This Very Short Introduction explores the nature and surprising history of superstition from antiquity to the present. For two millennia, superstition was a label derisively applied to foreign religions and unacceptable religious practices, and its primary purpose was used to separate groups and assert religious and social authority. After the Enlightenment, the superstition label was still used to define groups, but the new dividing line was between reason and unreason. Today, despite our apparent sophistication and technological advances, superstitious belief and behaviour remain widespread, and highly educated people are not immune. Stuart Vyse takes an exciting look at the varieties of popular superstitious beliefs today and the psychological reasons behind their continued existence, as well as the likely future course of superstition in our increasingly connected world. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Superstitions and Folk Remedies
Author: Charles DillonPublisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 059517955X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Most of the superstitions and folk beliefs in the book are outside of present-day knowledge and science. There were charms against witches and devils, who were entities to be feared. There are legends which describe superstitions about the cosmos and daily life. Others identify and describe the plants and animals used in remedies for diseases and illnesses. Many superstitions that were believed are now considered to be false. Some of the so-called cures can be attributed to psychosomatic illnesses and diseases.
Superstition and Education
Author: Fletcher Bascom DresslerPublisher:
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Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 512
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Superstition in Medicine
Author: Hugo MagnusPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
Superstition in Medicine is a book by Hugo Magnus. It examines in detail what superstition in medicine is, its roots and causes and provides a remedy against dogma usually caused by theological misinterpretation.
Superstition Unveiled
Author: Charles SouthwellPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 66
Book Description
Superstition Unveiled is a short book by Charles Southwell. Southwell was an English journalist, freethinker and colonial supporter, here discussing different forms of superstition and they enmesh with everyday reality. Excerpt: "Wise men put no trust in doctrine which involves or assumes supernatural existence. Believing that supernaturalism reduced to 'system' cannot be other than 'wickedly political,' they see no hope for 'slave classes,' apart from a general diffusion of anti-superstitious ideas. They cannot reconcile the wisdom of theologians with undoubted facts, and though willing to admit that some 'modes of faith' are less absurd than others, are convinced they are all essentially alike, because all fundamentally erroneous."
The Case for Reason
Author: Believing in Magic
Author: Stuart A. VysePublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019999692X
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
In this fully updated edition of Believing in Magic, renowned superstition expert Stuart Vyse investigates our tendency towards these irrational beliefs.
Superstitions
Author: William CarrollPublisher: Coda Publications
ISBN: 9780910390569
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 620
Book Description