Will this work only focus on the various Christian traditions or is the breadth to incorporate other traditions? Most traditions incorporate an idea of a malevolent species of creatures that is broadly covered by the idea of demons, such as jinn, nagga, bunyips, spirits, etc. Muslim communities have a substantial body of literature and practice on exorcisms and there has been an increase of Islamic ruquya practice within non-Muslim countries. Is this something that this project will cover?
Interesting project. In other examples of this kind of work did incorporate or attempt to engage with these types of questions cross-culturally and interreligiously. I think it will probably go there in other volumes. Maybe check out if they are affiliated with a broader research question.
Research in the cognitive science of religion would suggest that all humans have the innate capacity to detect such minimally counterintuitive agents in their environment. While some dismiss such detections as spandrels associated with evolution, others would suggest that the capacity to detect supernatural beings like jinn, demons, etc., exists because such incorporeal beings do indeed exist. The existence of such beings throughout the mythology, folklore and religion of a myriad of cultures across time is indicative of the strength of this faculty.
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