Mephistopheles - The Devil in the Modern World

Informationen zum Autor Jeffrey Burton Russell Klappentext An excellent and important intellectual history. - Library Journal Using examples from theology, philosophy, art, literature, and popular culture, Russell describes the great changes effected in our idea of the Devil by the intellectual and cultural developments of modern times. Mephistopheles is the fourth and final volume of Jeffrey Burton Russell's critically acclaimed history of the concept of the Devil. The series constitutes the most complete historical study ever made of the figure called the second most famous personage in Christianity. In the first three volumes, the author brought the history of Christian diabology to the end of the Middle Ages. This volume continues the story from the Reformation to the present, tracing the fragmentation of the tradition. Zusammenfassung Mephistopheles is the fourth and final volume of Jeffrey Burton Russell's critically acclaimed history of the concept of the Devil! continuing in this volume the story from the Reformation to the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1. Evil2. The Reformed Devil3. The Devil between Two Worlds4. Satan Expiring5. The Romantic Devil6. The DeviI's Shadow7. The Devil in a Warring World8. God and Devil Bibliography Index

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Jeffrey Russel Burton, Jeffrey Burton Russell
• Edition: Cornell University Press
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 15.02.1990
• EAN: 9780801497186
• ISBN: 978-0-8014-9718-6
• Pages: 352
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Catégorie: Sciences humaines, art, musique > Religion, théologie > Ecrits religieux, prières, recueils de chants, méditations religieuses