The Devil: A Very Short Introduction

by Darren Oldridge

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199580995
• ISBN13: 9780199580996
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 4.3" x 6.8"