The legend of the Anti-Christ : a history / Stephen J. Vicchio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vicchio, Stephen.

Contributor:

Charlton Yarnall Fund.

Yarnall Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antichrist--History of doctrines.

Antichrist.

Antichrist--Biblical teaching.

Antichrist in art.

Antichrist--Islam.

Islam.

Newman, John Henry, Saint, 1801-1890.

Newman, John Henry.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900.

Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm.

Physical Description:

xi, 383 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Eugene, OR : Wipf & Stock, 2009.

Summary:

In The Legend of the Anti-Christ, Stephen Vicchio offers a concise and historical approach to the history of the idea of the Anti-Christ, including precursors to the idea, the development of the idea in the New Testament, as well as the understandings of the legend of the Anti-Christ in the history of Christianity. Vicchio also raises the question of why there is so much emphasis in the modern world about the idea.

Contents:

Precursors to the Anti-Christ idea

The idea of the Anti-Christ in the New Testament

The Anti-Christ in the early church fathers

The Anti-Christ in Islamic thought

The Anti-Christ in the high middle ages

The Anti-Christ in the Reformation

Anti-Christ in Christian art

Frederick Nietzsche and the Anti-Christ

The Anti-Christ and John Henry Newman

The Anti-Christ in contemporary life

Afterward: Why so much emphasis on the Anti-Christ and the demonic in the contemporary world?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charlton Yarnall Fund.

ISBN:

1556356803

9781556356803

OCLC:

424512234