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Demonology and devil-lore

by Moncure Daniel Conway

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  • 19th century
  • Language: English
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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.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Demonology, angelology, and possession and Occultism and esotericism.

  • Occultism and esotericism

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Occultism”. Retained metadata contains “Occultism” in the subject metadata.

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  • Demonology, angelology, and possession

    Controlled discovery queries from crossref, openalex, openlibrary, project-gutenberg, and wellcome matched “demonology” and “Demonology”. Retained metadata contains “Demonology” in the title, “demons” in the description, “Demonology” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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2012-02-02Cambridge University Press; Cambridge University Press eBooksEnglish
  • 9781108044141
  • 9781108044158
  • 9781139176323
  • 9781139176330
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1879H. Holt and CompanyEnglish—Public

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2012-09-06Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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