Exorcism and Enlightenment : Johann Joseph Gassner and the demons of eighteenth-century Germany /

[Publisher-supplied data] 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 boo...

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Main Author: Midelfort, H. C. Erik.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2005.
Series:Terry lectures.
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