Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination with Evil - Softcover

McGinn, Bernard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060652829 ISBN 13: 9780060652821

Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996

Synopsis

This exploration of the Antichrist from biblical times to the present gives two thousand years of information on the human fascination with evil.

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Review:

I can only salute this broad, judicious yet comprehensive survey of beliefs about the Antichrist....This is a wonderful, beautifully written and challenging book, surely the best one-volume introduction to the subject.--John Van Engen, director of the Medieval Institute and professor of history at the University of Notre Dame "Christian Century "

A splendid historical survey of images of Antichrist in the Western religious traditions....The book's topic is timely, its scholarship impeccable, and its presentation masterful.--C. H. Lippy "Choice "

First and foremost, it's very well written... The book is still masterpiece of thorough academic religious research.--Stefan Isaksson "www.ufo.se "

Synopsis:

As the millennium draws to a close, we are experiencing a surge of interest in Antichrist. Historically, turns of the century, but especially turns of millenia, seem to whip up our fantasies about "the end" and the role of a thoroughly evil human agent in its coming. In this survey of the history of the Antichrist, the author presents the Christian origins of the legend, playing close attention to how it plays on the popular imagination. Perhaps literal belief in Antichrist was far more widespread centuries ago than it is today, but the legend continues to haunt us. With all our psychological sophistication, we cannot make peace with the dark side of our own natures, nor comprehend the evil humans do.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0060652829
• ISBN 13: 9780060652821
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384