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008			120117s2012 enka b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2012001120
020			_a9780199580996 (pbk.)
020			_a0199580995 (pbk.)
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050	0	0	_aBT982 _bO43 2012
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084			_aREL015000 _aREL033000 _2bisacsh
100	1		_aOldridge, Darren, _d1966- _0(local)69231
245	1	4	_aThe Devil : _ba very short introduction / _cDarren Oldridge.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2012.
300			_axiv, 121 pages : _billustrations ; _c18 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aVery short introductions ; _v315
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 105-114) and index.
505	0		_aA short history of Satan -- The Devil and humankind -- Depicting the Devil -- The Devil today.
520			_a"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.""-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aDevil _xChristianity. _0(local)69232
650		7	_aRELIGION _xChristianity _xHistory. _2bisacsh _0(local)69233
650		7	_aRELIGION _xHistory. _2bisacsh _0(local)69234
830		0	_aVery short introductions ; _v315. _0(local)29719
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