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The Devil: A Very Short Introduction
Why do the innocent suffer in a world created by a loving God? Does this mean that God cannot prevent this suffering, despite His supposed omnipotence? Or is God not loving after all? This in brief is 'the problem of evil'. The Devil provides one solution to this problem: his rebellion against God and hatred of His works is responsible for evil. The Christian 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 Devil in the history of ideas and the lives of real people. Darren Oldridge shows...
The History of the Devil
Children and old women have told themselves so many frightful things of the Devil, and have form'd ideas of him in their minds, in so many horrible and monstrous shapes, that really it were enough to fright the Devil himself, to meet himself in the dark, dress'd up in the several figures which imagination has form'd for him in the minds of men; and as for themselves, I cannot think by any means that the Devil would terrify them half so much, if they were to converse face to face with him. It must certainly therefore be a most useful undertaking to give the true history of this Tyrant of the air, this God of the world, this terror and aversion of mankind, which we call Devil; to shew what he ...
The Devil in Britain and America
Reproduction of the original: The Devil in Britain and America by John Ashton
Satan and the Scots
Frequent discussions of Satan from the pulpit, in the courtroom, in print, in self-writings, and on the streets rendered the Devil an immediate and assumed presence in early modern Scotland. For some, especially those engaged in political struggle, this produced a unifying effect by providing a proximate enemy for communities to rally around. For others, the Reformed Protestant emphasis on the relationship between sin and Satan caused them to suspect, much to their horror, that their own depraved hearts placed them in league with the Devil. Exploring what it meant to live in a world in which Satan’s presence was believed to be, and indeed, perceived to be, ubiquitous, this book recreates t...
The Devil
The Devil, in the guise of a human named Dr. Muller meets a young couple, who remark upon looking at a Renaissance painting of a martyr that Evil could never triumph over Good. The Devil, taking this as a challenge, decides to bring about the couple's downfall.
The Devil ́s Dictionary
Reproduction of the original: The Devil ́s Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce
The History of the Devil, As Well Ancient As Modern
The History of the Devil, As well Ancient As Modern: In Two Parts By Daniel Defoe: It tells the history of the devil, since his expulsion from heaven and becoming the king of hell, his achievements and influence on mankind. It have many names, Mephisto, Satan, Beelzebub, fallen angel, Lucifer, prince of darkness, but "The Anti-Christ appears in all cultures, as a antithesis of God.
The Devil in Early Modern England
This book for the first time, traces religious, popular and political uses of Satan and witchcraft in early modern England.
Meeting the Devil
Autobiography has been an essential element of the London Review of Books since its founding in 1979. This volume collects many outstanding pieces of memoir that first appeared in the LRB's pages.
