Sociology of Exorcism in Late Modernity

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Religion, the i-zation of society and COVID-19

“…I am myself currently doing research on digital exorcism. This is a follow-up on the research that I recently did with Giuseppe Giordan (Giordan and Possamai, 2018). Some exorcism can indeed be performed online, video recorded, and then uploaded on YouTube or Facebook.…”

Exorcisme catholique en France contemporaine, entre thérapeutique et régulation institutionnelle

“…L’augmentation de la demande d’exorcismes en France est un fait mis en avant dans les milieux ecclésiaux, et qui a été rapidement repris par les médias. Comme cela a été montré dans d’autres contextes (Csordas, 2019 ; Chavez, 2021 ; Giordan et Possamai, 2018), la demande s’appuie sur la large diffusion de discours sur le bien et le mal et l’action du diable. Dans le cas de la France, il est possible d’identifier des secteurs sociaux au sein desquels les imaginaires relatifs au diable circulent intensément : les milieux revivalistes catholiques et évangéliques, les communautés de croyants d’origine migrante en provenance de l’Afrique et des Antilles (Aubourg, 2021), et les milieux où sont présentes les représentations de la sorcellerie rurale.…”

Delusions of Possession and Religious Coping in Schizophrenia: A Qualitative Study of Four Cases

“…However, there is no evidence on how often this recommendation is respected because exorcisms have become a gray area of practice (Pietkiewicz et al, 2021). Giordan and Possamai (2017) observe similar phenomena in Italy and emphasize difficulties in obtaining reliable evidence. There is need for further studies exploring the prevalence of delusions of possession and how people use exorcisms in different cultural contexts.…”