10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPIRITUAL INCEST»
Discover the use of
spiritual incest in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
spiritual incest and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Incest, Drama and Nature's Law, 1550-1700
A better example of this process is the third story of the seventh day where the
subject is that of 'spiritual' incest, a species of the crime analysed with deadly
seriousness by Aquinas and the Schoolmen.4 Spiritual incest involves the
network of ...
2
Fathers and Godfathers:
Spiritual Kinship in Early-Modern Italy
get the notion of spiritual incest recognized in the land of the Franks. An
extremely interesting case was debated at the synod of Florence in 1517. It dealt
with the issue of cases of spiritual incest between godparents and godchildren,
which ...
3
Authority and Sexuality in Early Modern Burgundy (1550-1730)
Death was still decreed, as in 1676 when Jacques Melenet, a cure from St Jean-
de-Losne, was prosecuted for "spiritual incest" committed with a nun at the
hospital there; however, this case was apparently of some significance and quite
...
James R. Farr Associate Professor of History Purdue University, 1994
4
The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary ...
Lawrence's conflation of his "spiritual incest" with Freud's Oedipal theory
suggests that he is evading some recognition that distinguishing between his
theory and Freud's would force him to make. By confusing the two theories,
Lawrence is ...
N. Katherine Hayles, 1986
5
The End of Kinship: "measure for Measure",
Incest, and the ...
The use here of "spiritual incest" to refer to sexual relations between godsibs is
the first of three technical meanings I shall employ. that is both potentially
transgenerational and universalist. They already suggest 9 Introduction.
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Spiritual Kinship as Social Practice: Godparenthood and ...
... we have ample evidence of the discrepancy between church regulations and
Frankish marriage practice111 and of interventions by bishops in cases of
concrete violations.112 The same holds true for the prohibitions of spiritual incest
in the ...
7
Women and Gender in Medieval Europe: An Encyclopedia
Since the spiritual family was considered as important as the biological family,
another taboo area was spiritual incest. This included sexual relations between
godparent and godchild, and their immediate families; between a priest and his ...
"The Glass," he suggests, "is about the conversion of a soul from sensual or
physical sin to a kind of spiritual incest, or about that logical or psychological and
spiritual metamorphosis in which such opposites as incest and chastity become ...
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Spiritual Kinship in Europe, 1500-1900
... 41, 74–95, 127 Spierling, K. E., 11, 15, 19 Spinks, B. D., 39 spiritual incest
Orthodox view, 254–9, 262 perception of (20th century), 28–9 pre-Tridentine, 4–5
Protestant view see spiritual kinship, Protestant Tridentine reform of, 13 violation
of, ...
Guido Alfani, Vincent Gourdon, 2012
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Incest and the Literary Imagination
... relationship between the Virgin Mary and the Trinity, Mary becomes the mother
of her spiritual Father, and the bride both of her Father and of her Son and
Brother.36 This spiritual incest was quite commonly discussed in medieval
writing.
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPIRITUAL INCEST»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
spiritual incest is used in the context of the following news items.
Catholic Author Peter Kreeft: To Save Your Soul, You Must Opt Out …
“Spiritual incest,” the priest warned, could only come of this. Two years later, a dispensation from the Vatican was required before he could marry his godmother. «Aleteia, Oct 14»
ELLE Report: Why Do Sex Scandals Keep Rocking the Yoga World?
The jury called the abuse "spiritual incest," according to philly.com. ... recognized yoga leaders, and many had been considered true spiritual leaders. Many of ... «Elle, May 13»
