The English Exorcist - Brendan C. Walsh

The English Exorcist

John Darrell and the Shaping of Early Modern English Protestant Demonology
Buch | Softcover
318 Seiten
2022
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-367-52824-9 (ISBN)
49,85 inkl. MwSt
The English Exorcist presents an intellectual history of John Darrell, a controversial Puritan exorcist in the early modern period. It illustrates that Darrell’s exorcism ministry and demonological works were a catalyst for spiritual reform in the early seventeenth century Church of England.
In 1598, the English clergyman John Darrell was brought before the High Commission at Lambeth Palace to face charges of fraud and counterfeiting. The ecclesiastical authorities alleged that he had "taught 4. to counterfeite" demonic possession over a ten-year period, fashioning himself into a miracle worker. Coming to the attention of the public through his dramatic and successful role as an exorcist in the late sixteenth century, Darrell became a symbol of Puritan spirituality and the subject of fierce ecclesiastical persecution. The High Commission of John Darrell became a flashpoint for theological and demonological debate, functioning as a catalyst for spiritual reform in the early seventeenth-century English Church.

John Darrell has long been maligned by scholars; a historiographical perception that this book challenges. The English Exorcist is the first study to provide an in-depth scholarly treatment of Darrell’s exorcism ministry and his demonology. It shines new light on the corpus of theological treatises that emerged from the Darrell Controversy, thereby illustrating the profound impact of Darrell’s exorcism ministry on early modern Reformed English Protestant demonology. The book establishes an intellectual biography of this figure and sketches out the full compelling story of the Darrell Controversy.

Brendan C. Walsh is Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests lie primarily in the area of early modern Reformed English Protestant demonology, focusing on the themes of demonic possession, exorcism, spiritual healing, and diabolic witchcraft.

Introduction; 1. Katherine Wright and the Birth of an Exorcist; 2. Thomas Darling, the “Boy of Burton”; 3. “The Lancashire Seven” and the Periphery of Early Modern English Protestantism; 4. William Sommers and Godly Reformation in Nottingham; 5. The High Commission; 6. The “Sceptic” and the “Exorcist”; 7. Godly Conferences and Demonological Discourses; 8. Ecclesiastical Reform and the Shaping of English Protestant Demonology; Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Routledge Research in Early Modern History
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 453 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie Weitere Religionen
ISBN-10 0-367-52824-X / 036752824X
ISBN-13 978-0-367-52824-9 / 9780367528249
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