With the emergence of modern quest for historical Jesus, theologians began increasingly questioning traditional views Jesus as a healer human bodies. While growing suspicion Jesus’s role literal body is commonly traced to influence Enlightenment, in this essay, I will suggest that roots theological marginalization run deeper, sixteenth-century Protestant Reformations, when supernatural did not ...

Many superstitious practices entail the belief that good or bad luck can be “washed away.” Consistent with this belief, participants who recalled (Experiment 1) or experienced (Experiment 2) an episode of bad luck were more willing to take risk after having as opposed to not having washed their hands, whereas participants who recalled or experienced an episode of good luck were less willing to ...

We investigate whether overconfidence is affected by superstitious beliefs and whether the effect is heterogeneous according to gender. With this aim, we run a field experiment involving about 700 Italian students. According to widespread superstitions, some numbers are considered lucky while others are thought of as unlucky. In our experiment, we exploited this by randomly assigning students t...

This prospective study on female genital mutilation among Edo people was based on female children and parents who presented on account of it at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria, between January 2002 and December 2007. During the period, 51 female children aged 10 days and 18 years presented with complications following genital mutilation. Twenty-nine were brought b...

Abstract For decades, funeral reform has been a key concern for cultural governance in China as the state attempted to manage “feudal” and “superstitious” practices economize resources such land devoted cemeteries. We analyse status of reforms Shenzhen, combining general observations with case study an urban village. show how business service providers mediates between grassroots-level needs de...

The Joseon Dynasty (1392–1910) was founded based on Confucian ideology, which strongly emphasized rationalism and formality. As it influenced the entirety of society, shamanism that had been branded as an ‘obscene superstitious practice’ by ruling class oppressed institutionally various dimensions from life manners people to rituals throughout era. However, able survive, gaining advocacy ordina...

This article examines the transgressive figure of Magdalena Camacho “La camarones”, who due to her superstitious practices embodied profile unorthodox female moves outside patriarchal structures. Recognized by those knew well as a great witch, fluctuated between constantly everyday existence and imaginaries based on prejudice stigma. She was tried before Inquisition from 1662 1664 in Lima, case...