LEADER 02882nam 2200457 450 001 9910817753703321 005 20230809224931.0 010 $a90-04-35061-6 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004350618 035 $a(CKB)3710000001583400 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5013690 035 $a 2017031791 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004350618 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001583400 100 $a20171004h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aEvil, spirits and possession $ean emergentist theology of the demonic /$fby David Bradnick 210 1$aLeiden, The Netherlands ;$aBoston, [Massachusetts] :$cBrill,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (337 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aGlobal Pentecostal and Charismatic Studies,$x1876-2247 ;$vVolume 25 311 $a90-04-33849-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tIntroduction: Discerning the Spirits /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tDemonology in the Patristic and Medieval Eras /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tThe Demonic According to the Early and Classical Modern Eras /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tLate Modern Theologies of the Demonic /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tThe Demonic and the Social Sciences /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tCausality in Philosophy and Science: Toward an Ontology of the Demonic /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tEmergence Theory and the Demonic /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tThe Demonic in the Bible: An Emergentist Perspective /$rDavid Bradnick -- $tConclusion: Binding the Spirits /$rDavid Bradnick. 330 $aIn Evil, Spirits, and Possession: An Emergentist Theology of the Demonic David Bradnick develops a multidisciplinary view of the demonic, using biblical-theological, social-scientific, and philosophical-scientific perspectives. Building upon the work of Pentecostal theologian Amos Yong, this book argues for a theology informed by emergence theory, whereby the demonic arises from evolutionary processes and exerts downward causal influence upon its constituent substrates. Consequently, evil does not result from conscious diabolic beings; rather it manifests as non-personal emergent forces that influence humans to initiate and execute nefarious activities. Emergentism provides an alternative to contemporary views, which tend to minimize or reject the reality of the demonic, and it retains the demonic as a viable theological category in the twenty-first century. 410 0$aGlobal Pentecostal and Charismatic studies ;$vVolume 25. 606 $aDemonology 615 0$aDemonology. 676 $a133.42 700 $aBradnick$b David L.$01626458 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817753703321 996 $aEvil, spirits and possession$93962497 997 $aUNINA