Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
006065337X
ISBN 13
9780060653378
Category
Devil
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Publication Year
1992
Publisher
Pages
512
Description
One on one against Satan
"The most shattering book on demonic possession isn't fiction at all but Malachi Martin's spellbinding work of interpretive reporting." - New York (Sunday) Daily News
Hostage to the Devil is a controversial nonfiction bestseller - a chilling and true account of possession and exorcism in modern America - hailed by NBC Radio as "one of the most stirring books on the contemporary scene."
"Martin is above all serious. He is not speaking about madness, about illusions or the irrational, but about the real beyond all reason. . . . He presents exorcism as . . . a titanic clash of wills that threatens the lives, the sanity, even the souls of all attending." - Newsweek
"In the barrage of books on possession and exorcism, this is undoubtedy the most authoritative and convincing." - The Washington Post Book Review
"Martin's polished contemporary sense of traditional theology entices even the skeptical. . . . Stunningly pertinent . . . Will set you thinking - and thinking - and thinking." - Detroit News
Malachi Martin - eminent theologian, premier authority on the Roman Catholic Church, and former professor at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute - is the author of such national bestsellers as The Final Conclave, Vatican, The Jesuits, and The Keys of This Blood. His most recent book is Windswept House: A Vatican Novel.
Taken from the back cover.
"The most shattering book on demonic possession isn't fiction at all but Malachi Martin's spellbinding work of interpretive reporting." - New York (Sunday) Daily News
Hostage to the Devil is a controversial nonfiction bestseller - a chilling and true account of possession and exorcism in modern America - hailed by NBC Radio as "one of the most stirring books on the contemporary scene."
"Martin is above all serious. He is not speaking about madness, about illusions or the irrational, but about the real beyond all reason. . . . He presents exorcism as . . . a titanic clash of wills that threatens the lives, the sanity, even the souls of all attending." - Newsweek
"In the barrage of books on possession and exorcism, this is undoubtedy the most authoritative and convincing." - The Washington Post Book Review
"Martin's polished contemporary sense of traditional theology entices even the skeptical. . . . Stunningly pertinent . . . Will set you thinking - and thinking - and thinking." - Detroit News
Malachi Martin - eminent theologian, premier authority on the Roman Catholic Church, and former professor at the Vatican's Pontifical Biblical Institute - is the author of such national bestsellers as The Final Conclave, Vatican, The Jesuits, and The Keys of This Blood. His most recent book is Windswept House: A Vatican Novel.
Taken from the back cover.
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