{"product_id":"demonology-and-devil-lore-paperback-9781108044158","title":"Demonology and Devil-Lore (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108044158","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDemonology and Devil-Lore\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA two-volume work, first published in 1879, examining the origins and decline of belief in demons across the world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMoncure Daniel Conway (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108044158, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 2 February 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e490 pages, 33 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 2.8 x 14 cm, 0.62 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eMoncure Daniel Conway (1832–1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. He gained a reputation for being the 'least orthodox preacher in London', and was acquainted with many figures in the literary and scientific world, including Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. In this two-volume work, first published in 1879, Conway draws from examples across the world to discuss the origins and decline of beliefs in demons. In Volume 2, he discusses the role that the Devil plays in Christianity (including analysis of the story of the Fall of Man), and that similar figures play in other religions, offering the view that such figures are personifications of certain human attributes.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart IV: 1. Diabolism\u003cbr\u003e 2. The second best\u003cbr\u003e 3. Ahriman, the divine devil\u003cbr\u003e 4. Viswámitra, the theocratic devil\u003cbr\u003e 5. Elohim and Jehovah\u003cbr\u003e 6. The consuming fire\u003cbr\u003e 7. Paradise and the serpent\u003cbr\u003e 8. Eve\u003cbr\u003e 9. Lilith\u003cbr\u003e 10. War in heaven\u003cbr\u003e 11. War on earth\u003cbr\u003e 12. Strife\u003cbr\u003e 13. Barbaric aristocracy\u003cbr\u003e 14. Job and the divider\u003cbr\u003e 15. Satan\u003cbr\u003e 16. Religious despotism\u003cbr\u003e 17. The prince of this world\u003cbr\u003e 18. Trial of the great\u003cbr\u003e 19. The man of sin\u003cbr\u003e 20. The Holy Ghost\u003cbr\u003e 21. Antichrist\u003cbr\u003e 22. The pride of life\u003cbr\u003e 23. The curse of knowledge\u003cbr\u003e 24. Witchcraft\u003cbr\u003e 25. Faust and Mephistopheles\u003cbr\u003e 26. The wild huntsman\u003cbr\u003e 27. Le bon diable\u003cbr\u003e 28. Animalism\u003cbr\u003e 29. Thoughts and interpretations\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of ideas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of ideas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20ideas%20%5BJFCX%5D%22\"\u003eJFCX\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005259043096,"sku":"9781108044158","price":38.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108044158i.jpg?v=1696746620","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/demonology-and-devil-lore-paperback-9781108044158","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}