Research Catalog

Title

The devil and philosophy : the nature of his game / edited by Robert Arp.

Publication

Chicago : Open Court, [2014]

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Details

Additional Authors

Arp, Robert

Description

xvii, 348 pages; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Popular culture and philosophy ; Volume 83

Uniform Title

Popular culture and philosophy ; v. 83.

Subject

• Devil
• Demonology
• Popular culture > Religious aspects

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

• I. The devil defined -- 1. Can you guess my name? / Nicolas Michaud -- 2. My long-lost lover the antichrist / Sharon M. Kaye -- 3. Satan : romantic hero or just another asshole? / James Morse McLachlan -- II. Can the devil make you? -- 4. The devil made me do it / Elizabeth Buttterfield -- 5. After all, it was you and me / Jim Berti -- 6. You did that / Jennifer Baker -- III. Sussing out Satan -- 7. What the devil do we really know? / John V. Karavitis and Lucifer -- 8. What possessed Emily Rose? / Gregory L. Bock and Jeffrey L. Bock -- IV. In search of pure evil -- 9. The Joker and diabolical evil / Danny Smith -- 10. Simply watching the world burn / George A. Dunn -- 11. How (not) to train your demon / Nicole R. Pramik -- V. Imagined devils -- 12. Use the force, Luke(ifer) -- 13. Our demonic world / Jonathon O'Donnell -- 14. The elvish devil / Ray Bossert -- VI. C.S. Lewis's Satan -- 15. The illogical road to hell / Michael Versteeg and Adam Barkman --^
• 16. Either demons exist or God doesn't / Thomas Ward -- VII. Rock-a-bye Beelzebub -- 17. Man, the devil rocks! / Eric Swan -- 18. We sold our souls for Rock'n'Roll / Steve Neumann -- 19. Satanic metal : so bad it's good / Nick Jones -- VIII. Our satanic social system -- 20. What the devil's on TV tonight? / Liz Stillwaggon Swan -- 21. Souls for sale / Jeff Ewing -- 22. Bill Hicks and Satan / Roger Hunt -- 23. Devil with a blue dress / Cynthia M. Jones, Sandra Hansmann, and Anne Marie Stachura -- IX. How much sympathy? -- 24. A sympathetic look at Lucifer Morningstar / Aaron Rabinowitz -- 25. Meaningless evil / Tim Jones -- 26. The devil you don't know / James Edwin Mahon -- X. Possible devils -- 27. Can the devil get you? / Greg Littmann -- 28. Is Mara Satan? / John M. Thompson -- 29. If the devil didn't exist we'd have to invent him / Robert Arp -- Xi. The devilish debate -- 30. Satan : a good guy? / Olli Pitkänen -- 31. Hedonism and unholy writ / Clint Jones --^
• 32. Our Satan : or, are you loco for Loki? / Magus Peter H. Gilmore -- 33. A response to Magus Gilmore / Olli Pitkänen -- 34. Another response to Magus Gilmore / Clint Jones -- 35. Satan gets the last word / Magus Peter H. Gilmore -- From the vile file : the devil made them do it? / Robert Arp.

ISBN

• 9780812698541 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0812698541 (trade pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2014007559

OCLC

868041933

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library