5 Stars
Matt Hunter #4
British Matt Hunter is a former Baptist minister who lost his faith and now serves as a professor of Sociology of Religion. A very erudite and highly educated individual with deep knowledge of ancient and historical texts, both medieval and arcane, Hunter also exhibits an occasional lowbrow humor which provides comic relief in a very serious novel.
Called in as an "expert" due to the combination of his ministerial background, his erudition, and his current position as Professor, he becomes involved in a murder case in a small village. The case is exceptional because the killer "seems" to evidence possession, and his pastor is convinced. When a widely known American "exorcist " appears on the scene, Matt's scientific rationalism is tested against "blind faith " in widespread demonic possession, and his own faith in psychology is strenuously taxed.
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