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The Antichrist: A New Biography

By Philip C. Almond

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781108479653
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5636868 bytes)
Pages
354\357
Time added
2020-11-10 18:05:13

Description

The malign 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 arch-nemesis.

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