The Devil

Zusatztext In this densely researched and drily elegant book, Satan is pursued through Augustine, Marlowe, Milton, Shelley, Blake, Goethe, Ambrose Bierce, Auden and CS Lewis's Screwtape, tales of self-mortification and witch-hunting, painting and the cinema. Informationen zum Autor Darren Oldridge is a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Worcester. For ten years his research and teaching has focused on the Devil, witchcraft and the concept of evil. He is the author the expanded second edition of The Witchcraft Reader (Routledge 2008), and Strange Histories (Routledge 2005). Klappentext The Devil has fascinated writers and theologians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many dramatic and haunting works of art. Today he remains a potent image in popular culture. The Devil: A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to the Christian Devil through the history of ideas and the lives of real people. Zusammenfassung The Devil has fascinated writers and theologians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many dramatic and haunting works of art. Today he remains a potent image in popular culture. The Devil: A Very Short Introduction presents an introduction to the Christian Devil through the history of ideas and the lives of real people. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: A short history of the Devil 2: The Devil and humankind 3: Depicting the Devil 4: Satan in a secular age Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: Darren Oldridge, Darren (Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Worcester) Oldridge, Oldridge Darren
• Publisher: Oxford University Press Trade
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2012
• EAN: 9780199580996
• ISBN: 978-0-19-958099-6
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 175 mm x 8 mm
• Series: Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; A Very Short Introductions; A VERY SHORT INTRODUCTION; Very Short Introductions; A Very Short Introductions; Very Short Introduction
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, RELIGION / Demonology & Satanism, History of Religion, Satanism & demonology, Satanism and demonology