Case Against Satan

By the 20th century, the centuries-old Roman Catholic exorcism ritual for combatting demonic possession was all but dead, eviscerated by the ascent of modern science and rationalism. But Ray Russell's 1962 novel, The Case Against Satan, set the stage for a proliferation of exorcisms on page, screen, and even bizarrely, in real life.

Pana in secolul al XX-lea, ritualul de exorcizare romano-catolic de secole pentru combaterea posesiunii demonice era aproape mort, eviscerat de ascensiunea stiintei moderne si a rationalismului. Dar romanul lui Ray Russell din 1962, The Case Against Satan, a pregatit scena pentru o proliferare de exorcisme pe pagina, pe ecran si chiar in mod bizar, in viata reala.