Draft talk:Superstitions in Christian societies

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List of useful references

https://science.jrank.org/pages/11366/Superstition-Superstition-in-Protestant-Catholic-Reformations.html
Boureau, Alain. Satan the Heretic: The Birth of Demonology in the Medieval West. United Kingdom, University of Chicago Press, 2006.

Bookku (talk) 05:13, 4 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Fascinating topic. I think we should provide a quotation for each item discussed here, where it is called a superstition (or a synonym of that term). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here} 07:12, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Piotrus: I have taken note of your valuable inputs and will try to accomplish the same. Thanks and warm regards Bookku (talk) 16:00, 13 January 2021 (UTC)[reply]

List of useful refs

https://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/monotheistic-superstition/article_dd4567d8-0aec-11e5-9d5e-536006f288ba.html

Bookku, 'Encyclopedias are for expanding information and knowledge' (talk) 08:12, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Ideas

Just some possible ideas, in case you can find good sources about it. I couldn't really help on this article since your request on my talk page though. Some Christian communities were converted and maintained syncretic traditional religious practices and beliefs, integrating them, examples are in some Carribean islands like Haiti, or some African countries. The superstitions in relation to protection amulets are strong as well as the fear of spirits and demons. Some New Religious Movements like the Jehovah's Witnesses have a lot of members originating from those communities and this also influences its own culture, with similar fear of spirits (i.e. JWs believe that objects may be possessed or could allow demons to enter the house and cause trouble until those objects are discarded; any object that they perceive as having some occult character, or that presumably was previously owned by someone practicing "spiritism" that includes any divination form). Less official JW beliefs, but that are also part of culture, is the fear of Smurfs, funnily. They have a written and oral culture, the latter including a lot of stories with supernatural elements like preaching couples attacked by dogs and protected by an angel, etc. Lastly, per a popular biblical verse, they consider God's name (they're a holy name movement too, for them it is Jehovah), to be a protection against evil (Proverbs 18:10). —Paleo Neonate – 18:21, 16 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]