Deciding between Jung and Christ on the problem of evil.
Films about exorcism often catch the public’s fertile imagination. The recent film The Pope’s Exorcist has, as might be expected, caught people’s attention. The Herald reviewed the film last month, but the effect it has on those who watch it may be as important as the content of the film itself.
Exorcists and confronting the power of evil are “in” at the moment. The Pope’s Exorcist was based on Fr Amorth, and his books describing his encounters with evil, and the means he used to displace, contain and overcome it, are suddenly popular again. Fr Ripperger, a cautious, canny and theologically highly competent American priest has developed what is almost a cult following on his YouTube channel.
