Name: Mephistopheles
ISBN: 9780801497186

Who It's For

Good for readers who enjoy Religion / Christian Theology / Angelology & Demonology
Good for readers interested in ideas
Good for fans of Religion

What You Get

Themes: Literature, Religious, Culture.
Reading lane: Christian Theology and Subjects & Themes.
Publisher: Cornell University Press.

About This Book

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...

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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.