Identifying and interpreting the demonic: a critical study in contemporary theology with implications for life and ministry of the congregation

Donald Eugene Roulet

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Identifying and interpreting the demonic: a critical study in contemporary theology with implications for life and ministry of the congregation

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Donald Eugene Roulet. Identifying and Interpreting the Demonic: a Critical Study In Contemporary Theology with Implications for Life and Ministry of the Congregation. San Francisco Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/02d561d1-aaf6-4023-96d9-c5eb7f7fa801.

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D. E. Roulet. Identifying and interpreting the demonic: a critical study in contemporary theology with implications for life and ministry of the congregation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/02d561d1-aaf6-4023-96d9-c5eb7f7fa801

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Donald Eugene Roulet. Identifying and Interpreting the Demonic: a Critical Study In Contemporary Theology with Implications for Life and Ministry of the Congregation. San Francisco Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/02d561d1-aaf6-4023-96d9-c5eb7f7fa801.

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Donald Eugene Roulet

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Demonic

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Abstract

This project demonstrates that demon possession and exorcism are archaic ways to identify and interpret the power of liberation as opposed to the reality of dehumanization in the contemporary world. Initially there is a study of four exorcism stories in Mark and an evaluation of data from contemporary philosophical, psychological and theological works. The research was conducted in visits with three United Presbyterian congregations in Oklahoma. Groups of church leaders and members were interviewed relative to their experiences of alienation while members of local congregations. The interviews provide five case studies for demonstrating dehumanizing forces within local churches. To counter such forces, the author offers a management theory through which members ground their ministry in spiritual disciplines and act on principles of relationships. In this way members aid and encourage one another to attack forces of dehumanization in the church and world.

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