Demon Possession: A Medical, Historical, Anthropological, and Theological Symposium

by John Warwick Montgomery (Editor)

Are demons a reality? If so, can they actually possess and control a person? What is the biblical understanding of demons and their activity? What insights can the scientist and psychiatrist contribute to this subject? If demon possession occurs, is there a cure? This book presents answers to these questions, and many more, in a serious, responsible, and readable way.

Genres: Theology, History

384 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1975

About the author

John Warwick Montgomery was an American-born lawyer, academic, Lutheran theologian, and author. He was born in Warsaw, New York, United States. Montgomery maintained multiple citizenship in the United States, United Kingdom, and France. From 2014 to 2017, he was Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University, Wisconsin. He was Professor-At-Large, 1517: The Legacy Project. He was named Avocat honoraire, Barreau de Paris (2023), after 20 years in French legal practice. He continued to work as a barrister specializing in religious freedom cases in international Human Rights law until his death.
Montgomery was chiefly noted for his major contributions as a writer, lecturer, and public debater in the field of Christian apologetics.
From 1995 to 2007 he was a Professor in Law and Humanities at the University of Bedfordshire, England; and from 2007 to 2014, the Distinguished Research Professor of Philosophy and Christian Thought at Patrick Henry College in Virginia, United States. He later became Emeritus Professor at the University of Bedfordshire. He was also the director of the International Academy of Apologetics, Evangelism & Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, and was the editor of the theological online journal Global Journal of Classical Theology.

Reviews

[Some Christian Lady · Rating 4 out of 5]

Academic. Dry, but interesting. More pro-Catholic at times than I like, and I also do not believe that true, born-again Christian’s can be demon possessed (which some of the contributors to this book would disagree with). For those reasons, I subtracted a star. Still worth reading if this is a topic you are studying.

[Matthew C. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great stuff, despite the age.