Revd Fintan Lyons O.S.B. (Ireland Glenstal Abbey)

The Persistence of Evil

A Cultural, Literary and Theological Analysis

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Produktbeschreibung

Recording the history of the belief in the existence of Satan, this book draws from the Bible, the poetry of Dante and Milton, the legend of Faust, and from modern novels and plays such as the works of Mark Twain and G.B. Shaw, and the spiritual writing of C. S. Lewis. Fintan Lyons O.S.B. chronicles the decline of that belief through the centuries as well as the attempts to treat the problem of evil philosophically, using the insights of thinkers such as Karl Barth. At the heart of this book is the attempt to synthesise or reconcile traditional belief with contemporary concern or even alarm regarding evil in the world. Lyons argues that evidence for the persistence of evil has been striking in modern times in wars and atrocities, while phenomena such as Satanic Cults and possible or real diabolical possession have continued to increase. The Catholic Church reacted to this situation in 1998 with a revision of the 1614 Rite of Exorcism, analysed in this book from both theological and psychological standpoints. By arguing that the transition from belief in Satan to personification of evil in historical regimes and characters brings contemporary culture into sharp focus, this book chronicles the history of humanity's attempt to understand the disturbing and mysterious reality of evil.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 606g
• ISBN-13: 9780567710116
• ISBN-10: 0567710114
• Artikelnr.: 68166180

Autorenporträt

Revd Fintan Lyons O.S.B. is a Senior Monk at Glentsal Abbey, Ireland. He taught in the Pontifical Liturgical Institute and in the Angelicum University, Rome, in M.I. College, Limerick University, in Beeson Divinity School (Southern Baptist), Birmingham Al. and was a member of the International Pentecostal-Roman Catholic Dialogue.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1:
Theodicy
Chapter 2:
Doing Theodicy while Talking of Evil
Chapter 3:
Does the Devil Exist? A Persistent Belief
Chapter 4:
The Representation of Satan up to the Reformation
Chapter 5:
The Reformation
Chapter 6:
The Catholic Reform and the Struggle with Satan
Chapter 7:
The Devil in the Era of Modernity
Chapter 8:
Twentieth-Century Chronicles of Evil
Chapter 9:
Exorcism. Preliminary Considerations
Chapter 10:
Toward a theological and psychological analysis of the Rite of Exorcism
Chapter 11:
Concluding Reflections
Bibliography
Index