Theology of a Diary: The 1949 St. Louis Exorcism

The best documented case of exorcism in the twentieth century receives a theological assessment in this historical account of the 1949 St. Louis exorcism. As the story behind the popular 1973 film The Exorcist, the case invites an examination of a diary kept by one exorcist through the trial of pastoring a thirteen—year—old demonized boy. In an ordeal that began in Georgetown before ending at the hands of Saint Louis University Jesuit priests, three months of daily recorded struggle, angst,...