Pastor and theologian John Piper tackled one of Christianity’s enduring debates — how Scripture addresses witchcraft and ... of the Old Testament law. The ancient Israelites functioned as ...

5. A German bestseller changed the way people felt about witchcraft In 1486, a German clergyman called Heinrich Kramer wrote a book entitled Maleus Mallificarum. The author derided witchcraft ...

Her history was written by men, working when African voodoo was more electrifying than outmoded English witchcraft. All wrote after the Civil War, when a slave was understood to be black.

When examined through a feminist lens, the history of witchcraft reveals how patriarchal structures have weaponised the fear of witchcraft to control and oppress women. Many feminist scholars ...

The method of execution differed in different countries. For example, people in England were hanged for the crime of witchcraft but in Scotland, witchcraft was classed as heresy — a religious ...