It is best to begin by considering the word malediction in the simple sense of speaking evil or evil-saying. The…
Malediction, exorcism, and evil
curses
Curses, foiled again and again
In June 2009, I was interviewing a Fijian Methodist minister on the island of Matuku when the subject of curses…
Curse God and die: On Agamben and Job
The book of Job is a book about curses. That is what is at stake in the accuser’s wager with…