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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture You are, of course, completely correct! George (who likes to order things in numbers of 3, 4, 7 and 8 avoiding 6 and pastures with large bulls) On Sat, 15 Dec 2007 12:31:55 -0500, V. Kerry Inman wrote: >medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture >>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 >********************************************************************** >To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME >to: [log in to unmask] >To send a message to the list, address it to: >[log in to unmask] >To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion >to: [log in to unmask] >In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: >[log in to unmask] >For further information, visit our web site: >http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html