03430nam 22006614a 450 991077778290332120230617001711.01-281-72235-997866117223570-300-13013-910.12987/9780300130133(CKB)1000000000471776(StDuBDS)AH23049645(SSID)ssj0000151924(PQKBManifestationID)11158013(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151924(PQKBWorkID)10322464(PQKB)10229587(MiAaPQ)EBC3419974(DE-B1597)485183(OCoLC)123240126(DE-B1597)9780300130133(Au-PeEL)EBL3419974(CaPaEBR)ebr10170000(CaONFJC)MIL172235(OCoLC)923589021(EXLCZ)99100000000047177620041215d2005 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrExorcism and Enlightenment[electronic resource] Johann Joseph Gassner and the demons of eighteenth-century Germany /H.C. Erik MidelfortNew Haven Yale University Pressc20051 online resource (240 p.)The Terry lecture seriesBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-10669-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-210) and index.Front matter --CONTENTS --Acknowledgments --INTRODUCTION --1. The Experience of Demons --2. A Niche in the Incubator: Ecclesiastical Politics and the Empire --3. Healing --4. Interpretation --5. Conversation and Ridicule --Epilogue --NOTES --INDEXIn 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.Terry lectures.ExorcismGermanyHistory18th centuryFaith and reasonChristianityHistory of doctrines18th centuryEnlightenmentGermanyExorcismHistoryFaith and reasonChristianityHistory of doctrinesEnlightenment235/.4/094309033Midelfort H. C. Erik982002MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777782903321Exorcism and Enlightenment3785748UNINA