The Enlightenment saw science and rational thought replace the religious superstitions of the previous century, and demons became metaphors for the human struggle between good and evil.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on The devil
Displaying all articles
Satanic rituals and Hollywood elites: the myths behind satanism conspiracy theories.
Religious belief in the devil may have declined, but western demons are alive and well in popular culture and contemporary politics.
The Vatican is training priests to recognise and deal with the demonically possessed. This re-emergence of the Devil in popular Western culture is part of a new engagement with an enchanted world.
Job Board
-
Assistant Editor - 1 year cadetship
-
Program Development Officer - Business Processes
-
Executive Dean, Faculty of Health
-
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, Earth System Science (School of Science)
-
Sydney Horizon Educators (Identified)
Top contributors
-
Emeritus Professor in the History of Religious Thought, The University of Queensland
-
Visiting scholar, postdoctoral fellow in American Studies, Queen's University Belfast
-
Assistant Professor in Classical Islamic Religious Thought and Dialogue, Trinity College Dublin
-
PhD Candidate in the School Of Philosophy, Religion And History Of Science, University of Leeds
-
Associate Professor in Art History, University of Plymouth
