Nonchalant Questions About Demons

How About Demons? (1988) by Felicitas D. Goodman

This is a decently-reviewed book detailing the ins and outs of all things demonic. It could be an authoritative book about the social and cultural forces intertwined with our perception and portrayal of demons and demonic possession. But I just want to take a hot minute to talk about the how flippant the title is.

I mean, here we are, discussing something so horrifying that it makes even some non-religious folk feel a little creeped out, so bone-chilling that new horror movies are filmed about it every year, and the title we get describing this unfathomable evil is uttered with all the cool indifference of one asking what’s for dinner.

“Hmm, I don’t know. How about… Demons?”