Exorcist Revival Goes Mainstream

Accounts and vetting suggest a rapid rise in active exorcists in the U.S. and growing visibility through mainstream media appearances. This is accompanied by lay skepticism of psychiatry and a renewed appetite for spiritual explanations of personal and social malaise. — If supernatural frameworks reenter mainstream media and public conversation, they can reshape debates about mental health, social policy, and political culture by reframing pathologies as moral or spiritual problems.