Cardinal Ratzinger noted that ambiguity is the mark of the demonic .

Directed by William Friedkin and written by William Peter Blatty "The Exorcist" tells the story of a girl's demonic possession, and a gripping fight between good and evil.

Demonic temptation was part of normal personal experience, what Johnstone calls the "hidden agency of the devil" (23).

It is easy to explain this as an expression of a more ancient worldview (and often possession/exorcism is explained by modern scholars just this way), but the CH demonstrates that ancient peoples could also analyze health issues without reference to demonic possession.

Terry Lectures delivered at Yale University in 2003, testifies to the strength of traditional religious belief in an age known mainly for its "Enlightened" rejection of the possibility of demonic intervention in the physical world.

Isn't this precisely why coming out is so important--to show others that gay and lesbians are already very visible in society and not some demonic monster to fear?

03% of people questioned believe in demonic possession.

Whether or not demonic forces are out to get Bruner for defending the priest is rendered pretty ambiguously as well.

Then there's Jack, the demonic LuvMyBaby pretend baby unit, which she's unable to unload before her plane departs for France.

This study goes beyond standard works dealing with demonic possession, such as the Malleus malleficarum (ca.

HE added: "And sometimes that is because the peace is being blocked by some demonic spirits.