The antichrist: a new biography

"The malevolent figure of the Antichrist endures in modern culture, whether religious or secular; and the spectral shadow he has cast over the ages continues to exert a strong and powerful fascination. Philip C. Almond tells the story of the son of Satan from his early beginnings to the present...

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Auteur principal: Almond, Philip C. 1950- (Auteur)
Type de support: Numérique/imprimé Livre
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Cambridge New York Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press [2020]
Dans:Année: 2020
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Antichrist / Christentum
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophie de la religion
NBA Théologie dogmatique
NBQ Eschatologie
Sujets non-standardisés:B Antichrist
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Résumé:"The malevolent figure of the Antichrist endures in modern culture, whether religious or secular; and the spectral shadow he has cast over the ages continues to exert a strong and powerful fascination. Philip C. Almond tells the story of the son of Satan from his early beginnings to the present day, and explores this false Messiah in theology, literature and the history of ideas. Discussing the origins of the malevolent being who at different times was cursed as Belial, Nero or Damien, the author reveals how Christianity in both East and West has imagined this incarnation of absolute evil destined to appear at the end of time. For the better part of the last two thousand years, Almond suggests, the human battle between right and wrong has been envisaged as a mighty cosmic duel between good and its opposite, culminating in an epic final showdown between Christ and his deadly archnemesis"--
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ISBN:1108479650
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781108855945