Antichrist: Two Thousand Years of the Human Fascination With Evil - Hardcover

McGinn, Bernard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060655437 ISBN 13: 9780060655433

Publisher: Harpercollins, 1994

Synopsis

Examines the the origins of the Antichrist concept from its Judeo-Christian roots, details man's obsession with evil, and offers an historical view of the concept's significance as the turn of the millennium approaches

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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 "

About the Author:

Bernard McGinn, Naomi Shenstone Donnelly Professor of Historical Theology and History of Christianity at the University of Chicago, is the author of many books, including Visions of the End: Apocalyptic Traditions in the Middle Ages (Columbia).

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0060655437
• ISBN 13: 9780060655433
• Binding: Hardcover