TY  - BOOK
AU  - Midelfort,H.C.Erik
TI  - Exorcism and Enlightenment: Johann Joseph Gassner and the demons of eighteenth-century Germany 
T2  - The Terry lecture series
SN  - 9780300130133 (electronic bk.)
AV  - BX2340 .M53 2005eb
U1  - 235/.4/094309033 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - New Haven
PB  - Yale University Press
KW  - Gassner, Johann Joseph,
KW  - Exorcism
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - 18th century
KW  - Faith and reason
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Enlightenment
KW  - Exorcisme
KW  - Allemagne
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 18e siècle
KW  - Foi et raison
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Histoire des doctrines
KW  - Siècle des lumières
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - Spiritual Warfare
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Christian Theology
KW  - Angelology & Demonology
KW  - Verlichting (cultuurgeschiedenis)
KW  - gtt
KW  - რელიგია--
KW  - ქრისტიანობა--
KW  - ექსორციზმი--
KW  - რწმენა და გონება
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-210) and index
N2  - In the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779) discovered that he had extraordinary powers of exorcism. Deciding that demons were responsible for most human ailments, he healed thousands, rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic. In this book H. C. Erik Midelfort delves deeply into records of the time to explore Gassner's remarkable exorcising campaign, chronicle the official efforts to curb him, and reconstruct the sufferings of the afflicted. Gassner's activities triggered a Catholic religious revival as well as a noisy skeptical reaction. In response to those who doubted that he was really casting out demons, Gassner marshaled hundreds of eyewitness reports that seemed to prove his exorcisms really worked. Midelfort describes the enormous public controversy that resulted, and he demonstrates that the Gassner episode yields important insights into the German Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, the limitations of eighteenth-century debate, and the ongoing role of magic and belief in an age of scientific enlightenment
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