Satan: The Early Christian Tradition

Synopsis

"russell has complete mastery of his material, and the book's sweep is grand: a tour of the first five centuries of christian intellectual history with the spotlight on the villain instead of the hero. Satan is a valuable introduction to the theological portion of the western devil tradition. "― speculumundeniably, evil exists in our world; we ourselves commit evil acts. How can one account for evil's ageless presence, its attraction, and its fruits? The question is one that jeffrey burton russell addresses in his history of the concept of the devil—the personification of evil itself.