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So, how did I get interested in #spookychurchhistory? My first article to touch on supernatural beliefs was an exploration of Catholic exorcism in post-Reformation England, largely inspired by the work of @odavies9 cambridge.org/core/journals/…
Possession and exorcism are, of course, only one aspect of the Church's engagement with the supernatural, and my subsequent PhD research focussed on English Catholic attitudes to ghosts, miracles, superstition, witchcraft and exorcism (published in 2013) routledge.com/English-Cathol…
While there had been a lot of exploration of the ways in which non-Catholics linked Catholics belief with 'superstition' in anti-Catholic discourse, no-one had previously focussed on what *Catholics themselves* thought about the supernatural
