Moncure Daniel Conway (1832-1907), the son of a Virginian plantation-owner, became a Unitarian minister but his anti-slavery views made him controversial. He later became a freethinker, and following the outbreak of the Civil War, which deeply divided his own family, he left the United States for England in 1863. He gained a reputation for being the 'least orthodox preacher in London', and was acquainted with many figures in the literary and scientific world, including Charles Dickens and Charles Darwin. In this two-volume work, first published in 1879, Conway draws from examples across the world to discuss the origins and decline of beliefs in demons. In Volume 2, he discusses the role that the Devil plays in Christianity (including analysis of the story of the Fall of Man), and that similar figures play in other religions, offering the view that such figures are personifications of certain human attributes.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13
9781108044158
eBay Product ID (ePID)
113931538
Product Key Features
Book Title
Demonology and Devil-Lore
Author
Moncure Daniel Conway
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Zombies, Mental Exercise, Mythology
Publication Year
2012
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
490 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
28mm
Volume
Volume 2
Item Weight
620g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Moncure Daniel Conway
Series Title
Cambridge Library Collection-Spiritualism and Esoteric Knowledge