Deliver Us from Evil: A Manual of Exorcism - Softcover

Phillip Gagnon

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1933794143 ISBN 13: 9781933794143

Publisher: Kirk House Publishers, 2008

Synopsis

This book provides a ritual approach to exorcism and the demonic. It is a helpful instrument of pastoral care for such times when a pastor encounters the need for performing an exorcism. Pastor Gagnon explores the scriptural and early Church background and response to the demonic, as well as the pastoral discernment and the use of the sacraments in relation to exorcism.

About this title

About the Author

Phillip Gagnon s interest in the cults and the demonic began during his years as a youth worker at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Stony Plain, Alberta. During his undergraduate years at The King s College and the University of Alberta in Edmonton, he worked with families struggling with members who were involved with various pseudo-Christian, New Age, and Wiccan groups. In 1990 he was called to become the chair of a counter-cult group, Christian Challenge Ministries. He has spoken in many churches in Canada on the topic of cults and was invited to Seoul, South Korea, in 1992 to help the Korean church form their counter-cult ministry. While at the seminary in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he was encourgaed by a professor to expand a paper to become Deliver Us From Evil. During his years as a parish pastor he has continued working in the area of incarnational apologetics vis-a-vis cults. He presently serves a congregation in St. Alberta, Alberta, Canada.

Review

In this manual, Phillip Gagnon takes a thoughtful and balanced approach to exorcism and the demonic. It offers substantial help to pastors and other ministers. But perhaps best of all, it helps us all put the whole issue back on the table where it belongs. For that, let us thank our God! --J. Robert Jacobs0n, president emeritus, The Evangelical Litheran Church in Canada

Martin Luther in his baptismal rite of 1523 included a wonderfully vigorous exorcism. A pastor of souls may not often encounter the need for performing an exorcism, but a modern expression of words and actions drawn from the Church s accumulated treasury is a helpful instrument of pastoral care for such times when such an action seems called for. It also serves as an instruction in being alert to the manifold ways in which evil may work in the human heart. --Dr. Phillip Pfatteicher. Adjunct Professor of Sacred Music at Duquesne University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kirk House Publishers
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1933794143
• ISBN 13: 9781933794143
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 160