Understanding the Dark Side: Western Demonology, Satanic Roots and Alien Abduction (University of Chester: Inaugural and Professorial Lectures): 1 - Softcover

Christopher H. Partridge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1905929161 ISBN 13: 9781905929160

Publisher: Chester Academic Press, 2006

Synopsis

This lecture discusses personifications of evil in the Hebrew Bible and in early Christian belief, showing how Jewish apocalyptic demonology shaped Western thought in this area. It then considers the depiction of the malevolent alien in both popular culture and in UFO religions, showing how both owe much to the history of Christian demonology, despite the origins of much of the latter in theosophical thought, and concludes with a discussion of the reptilian agendas of certain other contemporary belief systems.

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About the Author

Christopher Partridge was formerly Professor of Contemporary Religion at the University of Chester and is now a Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at Lancaster University. He completed his PhD at the University of Aberdeen on philosophical/theological approaches to religions and the study of religion. Much of his current research is in the areas of popular music, the sociology of religion, and the study of new religions and alternative spiritualities. His publications include Encyclopedia of New Religions (Lion, 2004), Fundamentalisms (Paternoster Press, 2001), H. H. Farmer s Theological Interpretation of Religion (Edwin Mellen Press, 1998), The Re-enchantment of the West (2 vols., T & T Clark, 2004-5), and UFO Religions (Routledge, 2003). He is also the co-editor (with Professor Ron Geaves) of the journal Fieldwork in Religion.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chester Academic Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1905929161
• ISBN 13: 9781905929160
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 70