01979nam a22002657a 4500 20231116085956.0 120117s2012 enka b 001 0 eng 2012001120 9780199580996 (pbk.) DLC eng DLC rda BD-DhBPA BT982 .O43 2012 235.4 23 OLT 2012 Oldridge, Darren, 1966- The Devil : a very short introduction / Darren Oldridge. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012. xiv, 121 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm. Very short introductions Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-114) and index. Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A short history of the Satan -- 3. The Devil and humankind -- 4. Depicting the Devil -- 5. The Devil Today -- Conclusion. "The Devil has fascinated Christians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many haunting works of art. This Very Short Introduction looks at the Devil in the history of ideas and in the lives of real people. Darren Oldridge shows us that the Devil is an important figure in western history--a richly complex and contradictory one. Oldridge focuses on three main themes: the idea of the Devil being integral to western thought from the early Middle Ages to the beginnings of modernity; the belief that the Devil represents the mirror image of goodness; and the multiplicity and instability of ideas about the Devil. Oldridge concludes by exploring "demonological" ways of thinking in our own time, including allegations of "satanic ritual abuse.""-- Devil Christianity. 142297 RELIGION / Christianity / History. bisacsh 142298 RELIGION / History. bisacsh 142299 ddc BK 50601 50601 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC CHILD 2 1 235.4 OLT 2012 107427 2025-10-06 15:15:05 2025-06-29 2018-05-29 BK 0 0 ddc 0 0 BPATC BPATC CHILD 1 2 235.4 OLT 2012 107428 2019-07-28 00:00:00 2019-05-16 2018-05-29 BK