Reviewed by Todd Hayen in IJRT Issue 31, 2020 Michael J. Sersch’s Demons on the Couch: Spirit Possession, Exorcisms and the DSM-5 is an immaculately researched and referenced treatise on possession and exorcism presented through the lens of modern psychotherapy and the DSM-5 (the diagnostic bible of the mental health field.) Sersch states in his introduction: In writing this […]

“Demons in the Country, Demons in the City: Conspiratorial Thinking in the Context of Possession” Abstract:  This paper will explore three distinct possession narratives that stretch from the Greco-Roman era into the contemporary era for themes of conspiratorial thinking and the underlying anxieties that fuel these narratives. Anxiety about proper sexual behavior and appropriate gender […]

This ended up growing into the book. If you want the book, let me know. The list price is ridiculous!

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