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Faculty Publication: Radcliffe Edmonds of Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies

March 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, March 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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