Darren Oldridge (Senior Lecturer in History at the University of Wo

The Devil

A Very Short Introduction

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Very Short Introductions
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 174mm x 113mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 114g
• ISBN-13: 9780199580996
• ISBN-10: 0199580995
• Artikelnr.: 34880775

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: A short history of the Devil
2: The Devil and humankind
3: Depicting the Devil
4: Satan in a secular age
Conclusion

Rezensionen

This book may appeal to those wanting a short but insightful survey of those understandings of evil that the devil represents. Reform Magazine