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The figure of Satan has for centuries embodied or incarnated absolute evil. Existing alongside more intellectualist interpretations of evil, Satan has figured largely in Christian practices, devotions, popular notions of the afterlife, and fears of retribution in the beyond. Satan remains an influential reality today in many Christian traditions and in popular culture. But how should Satan be understood today?
De La Torre and Hernandez's volume probes the murky origins of the satanic legends and beliefs back to their pre-Christian roots in the Middle East. They unearth the Satan's roots in Egyptian and Babylonian understandings of evil. They also show, however, that the ancient Satan has some characteristics we would hardly recognize, especially his appearance in most ancient cultures and survival in many traditional religions as the "trickster" figure. While a minor tradition in historic Christianity, the authors argue, seeing Satan as trickster is historically accurate and holds real promise for Christian rethinking in "theology, philosophy, and practice of evil" and how it can be dealt with. This is a fascinating story that helps the reader reframe basic elements of our worldview of good and evil.
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Miguel A. De La Torre is Associate Professor of Social Ethics at Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado. He is the author of several books, including Liberating Jonah: Forming an Ethics of Reconciliation (2007), Lily Among the Thorns: Imagining a New Christian Sexuality (2007), Doing Christian Ethics from the Margins (2004), and Santeria: The Beliefs and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America (2004).
Albert Hernandez is Associate Professor of the History of Christianity at Iliff School of Theology. He is the author of Subversive Fire: Pentecost in Medieval and Early Modern Christianity (2009).
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- PublisherFortress Press
- Publication date2011
- ISBN 10 0800663241
- ISBN 13 9780800663247
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