LEADER 03427nam 22006734a 450 001 9910807243303321 005 20240418000011.0 010 $a1-281-72235-9 010 $a9786611722357 010 $a0-300-13013-9 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300130133 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471776 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049645 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000151924 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11158013 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000151924 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10322464 035 $a(PQKB)10229587 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419974 035 $a(DE-B1597)485183 035 $a(OCoLC)123240126 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300130133 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419974 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170000 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172235 035 $a(OCoLC)923589021 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471776 100 $a20041215d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aExorcism and Enlightenment $eJohann Joseph Gassner and the demons of eighteenth-century Germany /$fH.C. Erik Midelfort 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (240 p.) 225 1 $aThe Terry lecture series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-300-10669-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 149-210) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tCONTENTS --$tAcknowledgments --$tINTRODUCTION --$t1. The Experience of Demons --$t2. A Niche in the Incubator: Ecclesiastical Politics and the Empire --$t3. Healing --$t4. Interpretation --$t5. Conversation and Ridicule --$tEpilogue --$tNOTES --$tINDEX 330 $aIn the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph Gassner (1727-1779) discovered that he had extraordinary powers of exorcism. Deciding that demons were responsible for most human ailments, he healed thousands, rich and poor, Protestant and Catholic. In this book H. C. Erik Midelfort delves deeply into records of the time to explore Gassner's remarkable exorcising campaign, chronicle the official efforts to curb him, and reconstruct the sufferings of the afflicted. Gassner's activities triggered a Catholic religious revival as well as a noisy skeptical reaction. In response to those who doubted that he was really casting out demons, Gassner marshaled hundreds of eyewitness reports that seemed to prove his exorcisms really worked. Midelfort describes the enormous public controversy that resulted, and he demonstrates that the Gassner episode yields important insights into the German Enlightenment and Counter-Enlightenment, the limitations of eighteenth-century debate, and the ongoing role of magic and belief in an age of scientific enlightenment. 410 0$aTerry lectures. 606 $aExorcism$zGermany$xHistory$y18th century 606 $aFaith and reason$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines$y18th century 606 $aEnlightenment$zGermany 615 0$aExorcism$xHistory 615 0$aFaith and reason$xChristianity$xHistory of doctrines 615 0$aEnlightenment 676 $a235/.4/094309033 700 $aMidelfort$b H. C. Erik$0982002 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807243303321 996 $aExorcism and Enlightenment$94010625 997 $aUNINA