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Author Baglio, Matt.

Title The rite : the making of a modern exorcist / Matt Baglio.

Publication Info. New York : Image Books/Doubleday, [2010]
©2010

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Location Call No. Status
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  265.94 BAGLIO    Check Shelf
Edition First Image edition.
Description 294 pages : map ; 21 cm
Note "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Doubleday in 2009." -- T.p. verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [251]-288) and index.
Contents Rome -- The calling -- Going back to school -- Know your enemy -- Opening the door -- In My name -- Searching for an exorcist -- The first night -- Discernment -- Crossing over -- The fall -- Suffering of the soul -- A pastoral approach -- Windows to the soul -- Liberation -- Organizing the ministry -- The exorcist.
Summary In The Rite, journalist Matt Baglio uses the astonishing story of one American priest's training as an exorcist to reveal that the phenomena of possession, demons, the Devil, and exorcism are not merely a remnant of the archaic past, but remain a fearsome power in many people's lives even today.--Publisher description.
Subject Baglio, Matt.
Exorcism -- Biography.
Exorcism.
ISBN 9780385522717
0385522711
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