Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-century Massachusetts

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Witchcraft, Magic, and Religion in 17th-century Massachusetts
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Book excerpt: Explains the social processes underlying support and resistance to collective action against witchcraft in seventeenth-century Massachusetts; providing theological interpretations of witchcraft, focusing on the relationship between witchcraft and magic, and considering the interrelationships between the two.


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