Demons in Austria: The best science book 2025 reveals secrets!

Demons in Austria: The best science book 2025 reveals secrets!

Wien, Österreich - Vienna, February 11, 2025 (Cape) - The book "Demons. Obsentence and Exorcism in the History of Austria" was awarded the best science book of the year by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research (BMBWF). This work by Gerhard Ammerer, Nicole Bauer and Carlos Watzka is the first comprehensive representation of demons and the practices of Exorzism in Austria, secured by numerous illustrations. In his eulogy, Federal Minister Martin Polaschek praised the important research gap that the authors were able to close with their detailed examination of exorcism in the history of the country, which goes back to 1600.

Exorzism in Austria

The Catholic Church traditionally emphasizes the existence of demons, and many people continue to trust the ritual expulsion. According to the laudation, exorcism remains a explosive topic, since people still believe in the effect of the rites treated. The book examines exorcisms from the time of the Habsburgs to the present day and offers insights, including interviews with an active exorcist from Styria. Styria is particularly emphasized, since the Inner -Austrian courtyard of the Habsburg Empire showed a strong interest in such practices, which is relevant in the presentation of the book.

The authors are recognized in their respective fields: Gerhard Ammerer Lehrte History at the University of Salzburg and was a member of the Commission for Legal History; Nicole Bauer is a religious scientist and psychotherapist at the University of Graz; Carlos Watzka is a sociologist and historian with a professorship for psychotherapy science at the Sigmund Freud private university in Linz. This expertise enables a critical and well -founded view of the topic of the topic, which keeps a distance from religoesoteric or fundamentalist beliefs, which is also in the analysis of Amazon is found.