'A modern mental epidemic'. Marian apparitions in Belgium in the 1930s. KU Leuven
This project intends to take on Robert Orsis challenge to historians and focus on encounters with the supernatural, rather than writing them out of history or reducing them to their socio-political impact. Focusing on a Belgian series of Marian apparitions in the nineteen thirties, this research project aims not only at shedding some new light on the interpretation of these religious experiences, but also at gaining insight into the devotional ...