TY - BOOK AU - De Villiers, ED - C.B. Powell Bible Centre (University of South TI - Like a roaring lion--essays on the Bible, the church and demonic powers U1 - 235.4 DEV PY - 1987/// CY - Pretoria PB - C.B. Powell Bible Centre, University of South Africa KW - Demonology KW - Congresses KW - Biblical teaching KW - Occultism KW - Puissances (Thâeologie chrâetienne) KW - Congráe KW - Mal KW - Congrá KW - Dâemonologie KW - Congr KW - Dâemonologie dans la Bible KW - Con N1 - "Originally presented as papers at a conference on the Bible, the church, and demonic powers, held at the University of South Africa during June 1986." -- 3rd prelim. page; Includes bibliographies; The conception of evil and Satan in Jewish traditions in the pre-Christian period -- Demonology in New Testament times -- The problem of evil in Africa. A survey of African views on witchcraft and of the response of the Christian Church -- The interpretation of and reaction to demonic powers in indigenous churches -- The development in Biblical times of belief in demons and devils and the theological issue raised by such a development -- Better the devil you know? Seeking a Biblical basis for the societal demension of evil and/or the demonic in the Pauline concept of the "powers" -- Multiprofessional case representation: The case of David H, A.H. Potgieter, M.G.S. Pierides, A.E. de la Porte, A.D. Geel -- Satanism, witchcraft and the occult: a psychiatrist's view -- Pastoral counselling and demonology -- Some aspects of the ministry of deliverance from evil forces -- Demonic powers from an evangelical perspective -- Pentecostal perspectives on the activity of demonic powers -- Demonic powers from a high church perspective -- Demonic bondage -- Theological response to Ashby, Codrington, Gaybba and Möller ER -