My Name is Legion (2004 Newheart), book

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My name is Legion: The Story and Soul of the Gerasene Demoniac (2004) is a book by Michael Willett Newheart.

Abstract

Editions and translations

Published in Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2004.

Table of contents

Reading the story, probing the soul -- Reading the Gerasene's story-- narrative criticism -- Tell me the old, old story-- the Gospels as narratives -- Mark my word-- the story of the crucified Son of God -- Recovering from "legionnaire's disease"-- he story of the Gerasene's exorcism -- Probing the Gerasene's soul-- psychological criticism -- Legion's unconscious uncovered-- Freud and Jung -- Legion scapegoated and (de)colonized-- Girard and Fanon -- Reading Legion's story with (New)heart and soul -- Conclusion-- telling the story, enriching the soul.

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