Wilkinson, Tracy. The Vatican's Exorcists: Driving Out the Devil in the 21st Century.(Brief article)(Book review)

Wilkinson, Tracy. The Vatican's Exorcists: Driving Out the Devil in the 21st Century. Warner. 2007. c.256p. bibliog. index. ISBN 0--446-57885-1. $24.99. REL

Los Angeles Times journalist Wilkinson documents the revival of the rite of exorcism in the Roman Catholic Church by Pope John Paul II and the establishment of the Vatican's Office of Exorcism, headed by priest Gabriele Amorth. She notes that world demand for exorcisms is steadily increasing and points to the hundreds of non-Catholic exorcism ministries that have sprung up in recent years. She further elucidates her history of exorcism and demonology in the Christian tradition …