Deliver us from Evil

The Revd Dr Jenn Strawbridge is Associate Professor of New Testament, Oxford and G.B. Caird Fellow in Theology at Mansfield College. Professor of Philosophical Theology at the University of BirminghamIsabelle Hamley is currently Secretary for Theology and Ecumenical Relations and Theological Adviser to the House of Bishop

"This book offers a profound set of insights into the question of how the Church can approach the complexities of the Ministry of Deliverance. I commend it for the breadth of its perspectives, covering ground-breaking research into issues of mental health and vulnerabilities, as well as anthropological and societal questions, together with serious engagement with scripture and tradition. Its authors are leading specialists and practitioners in their fields, all of which bear directly on the question of practical Christian responses to the increasing demand for the Ministry of Deliverance, and together they have produced a resource of outstanding value for our own moment."

• Introduction (Jennifer Strawbridge, Isabelle Hamley and Nicholas Adams) Part I. Deliverance and Evil: Mental Health and Vulnerabilities 1 Hearing Demonic Voices (Christopher C. H. Cook) 2 Evil and the Supernatural in Popular Culture (Anne Richards) 3 The Practice of the Ministry of Deliverance in the 21st Century (Nick Ladd) 4 Deliverance in Practice: Mental Health, Theology, and Professional Boundaries (Christopher C. H. Cook) Part II. Deliverance and Evil: Theologies and Cultures 5 Deliverance, Evil and the Lord’s Prayer (Matthias Grebe) 6 Brief and Inexpensive: Exorcism in a London Pentecostal Community (Nicholas Adams) Part III. Deliverance and Evil: Biblical Studies 7 Confronting our Demons: The case of the ‘Epileptic boy’ (Mark 9.14–29) (Loveday Alexander) 8 Dealing with Demons: Jesus among the Ancient Exorcists (Hector Patmore) 9 Exploitation, Exorcism, and Power: Reconfiguring Culpability for Possession in the New Testament (Candida Moss)