medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Quoting "George R. Hoelzeman" <[log in to unmask]>:
>> And I concur, there are a lot of these sorts of things I wish would go away,
> but then, there are a lot of things I wish would go away ;-))
>
> George R. Hoelzeman
>
>Magic or superstition has a way of creeping into religion as sort of a
psychological universal--it seems to me--I have no citation. It seems that it
happened particularly during the middle ages, and protestants seem to want to
think in catholicism in particular. But growing up in family that descended
from a long line of New England puritans, I saw superstitions creep in on many
occasions. My mother could never allow 13 people at the table, yet when asked
she would have said her faith was based solely on scripture. Go figure. I am
sure everyone has anecdotes like this--I am not soliciting them! The mixing of
magic and religion, particularly in the middle ages, is something that should
be made a study of. Or has this already happened?
V. K. Inman
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