In the late eighteenth century, Catholic priest Johann Joseph
Gassner (17271;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 Gassner7;s remarkable exorcising
campaign, chronicle the official efforts to curb him, and
reconstruct the sufferings of the afflicted.
Gassner7;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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