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Faculty Publication: Radcliffe Edmonds of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies
Îçҹ̽»¨h 23, 2022
"Who Does That?: Further Conversations on Drawing Down the Moon"
Author: Edmonds, Radcliffe G.
Source: Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, DOI: 10.1163/2451859X-00701008, Îçҹ̽»¨h 2022
Type of Publication: Article in a Periodical
Abstract: This paper addresses responses to my recent monograph, Drawing Down the Moon (Princeton 2019) by several scholars of religion (Shannon Grimes, James Davila, Gregory Shaw, and Naomi Janowitz), using the cues of extraordinary efficacy, performance, social location, and ends to determine whether something is labeled magic and by whom. In each of the papers, the cue of social location appears as the most significant, even though the others each play a role as well.
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