“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.”
? Speculum Undeniably, 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 Russe…
