The Biography Of The Devil
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The Devil
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Author : Peter Stanford
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-12-15
The Devil written by Peter Stanford and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-12-15 with Religion categories.
Talk of the Devil has become distinctly unfashionable. Our sceptical age has pensioned off Satan, for centuries the face and name put to the abstract reality of evil. However, the creation of Popes, archbishops and priests will not so easily accept his fate, and Satan continues to serve as a metaphor for evil throughout society. His scaly black skin, horns, cloven hoof and red eyes have become embedded in popular psyche. In The Devil: A Biography, Peter Stanford traces the development of the character and role of Satan through the ages and examines how we tackle evil today.
The Devil
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Author : Philip C. Almond
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-04-30
The Devil written by Philip C. Almond and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-30 with Religion categories.
It is often said that the devil has all the best tunes. He also has as many names as he has guises. Lucifer, Mephistopheles, Beelzebub (in Christian thought), Ha-Satan or the Adversary (in Jewish scripture) and Iblis or Shaitan (in Islamic tradition) has throughout the ages and across civilizations been a compelling and charismatic presence. For two thousand years the supposed reign of God has been challenged by the fiery malice of his opponent, as contending forces of good and evil have between them weighed human souls in the balance. In this rich and multi-textured biography, Philip C Almond explores the figure of the devil from the first centuries of the Christian era through the rise of classical demonology and witchcraft persecutions to the modern post-Enlightenment 'decline' of Hell. The author shows that the Prince of Darkness, in all his incarnations, remains an irresistible subject in history, religion, art, literature and culture.
Satan
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Author : Henry Ansgar Kelly
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2006-08-17
Satan written by Henry Ansgar Kelly and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-08-17 with Literary Criticism categories.
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Tale Of The Devil
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Author : Coleman A. Hatfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-08
Tale Of The Devil written by Coleman A. Hatfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08 with Hatfield-McCoy Feud categories.
The Devil
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Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1987
The Devil written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with History categories.
This lively and learned book traces the history of the concept of evil and its personification as the Devil from ancient times to the period of the New Testament and across cultures and civilizations.
A History Of The Devil
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Author : Robert Muchembled
language : en
Publisher: Polity
Release Date : 2004-01-16
A History Of The Devil written by Robert Muchembled and has been published by Polity this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-01-16 with History categories.
This highly original and engaging book by French historian Robert Muchembled, is a journey through time and space in search of the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. An outstanding book about the changing perception and significance of the devil in Western culture. Robert Muchembled is a well-known historian and an expert on witchcraft, whose work has already been translated into many languages. The author highlights the way that the changing notion of evil is connected to other changes in society at large. Draws on a wealth of examples, from the witch-hunts of the 15th and 16th centuries, to the films of Stanley Kubrick.
The Devil In History
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Author : Vladimir Tismaneanu
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2012-09-28
The Devil In History written by Vladimir Tismaneanu and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-28 with History categories.
The Devil in History is a provocative analysis of the relationship between communism and fascism. Reflecting the author’s personal experiences within communist totalitarianism, this is a book about political passions, radicalism, utopian ideals, and their catastrophic consequences in the twentieth century’s experiments in social engineering. Vladimir Tismaneanu brilliantly compares communism and fascism as competing, sometimes overlapping, and occasionally strikingly similar systems of political totalitarianism. He examines the inherent ideological appeal of these radical, revolutionary political movements, the visions of salvation and revolution they pursued, the value and types of charisma of leaders within these political movements, the place of violence within these systems, and their legacies in contemporary politics. The author discusses thinkers who have shaped contemporary understanding of totalitarian movements—people such as Hannah Arendt, Raymond Aron, Isaiah Berlin, Albert Camus, François Furet, Tony Judt, Ian Kershaw, Leszek Kolakowski, Richard Pipes, and Robert C. Tucker. As much a theoretical analysis of the practical philosophies of Marxism-Leninism and Fascism as it is a political biography of particular figures, this book deals with the incarnation of diabolically nihilistic principles of human subjugation and conditioning in the name of presumably pure and purifying goals. Ultimately, the author claims that no ideological commitment, no matter how absorbing, should ever prevail over the sanctity of human life. He comes to the conclusion that no party, movement, or leader holds the right to dictate to the followers to renounce their critical faculties and to embrace a pseudo-miraculous, a mystically self-centered, delusional vision of mandatory happiness.
Mephistopheles
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Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1990
Mephistopheles written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.
Lucifer
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Author : Jeffrey Burton Russell
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1986
Lucifer written by Jeffrey Burton Russell and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.
Describes the medieval concept of the devil, discusses witchcraft and devil folklore, and examines the depiction of evil in art and literature of the period.
The Devil You Know
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Author : Gwen Adshead
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2022-08-23
The Devil You Know written by Gwen Adshead and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-23 with Psychology categories.
Serial homicide. Stalking. Arson. Gang crime. Who are the people behind these acts of terrible violence? What are their stories? And what is it like to sit opposite them? Dr Gwen Adshead is one of Britain's leading forensic psychiatrists, and she has spent thirty years providing therapy inside secure hospitals and prisons. Whatever her patient's crime she aims to help them to better know their minds by helping them to articulate their life experience. This book contains fascinating, unflinching portraits of individuals who newspaper headlines, TV dramas and crime fiction label 'monsters'. Case by case, Adshead takes us into the treatment room and reveals these men and women in all their complexity and vulnerability. She sheds new light on the unpredictable nature of the therapeutic process as doctor and patient try to find words for the unspeakable. These are stories of cruelty and despair but also of change and recovery. In a time of increasing polarisation, in the face of overcrowded prisons and devastating cuts to mental health care, Adshead speaks to our shared humanity and makes the case for compassion over condemnation, empathy over fear.