The Devil's Best Trick

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 0802119131 ISBN13: 9780802119131 Release Date: May 2024 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Length: 352 Pages Weight: 1.15 lbs. Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.0" x 9.1" Part true crime story, part religious and literary history, an investigation into the nature of evil and the figure of the Devil by acclaimed journalist Randall SullivanThroughout history, humans have struggled to explain the evils of the world and the darkest parts of ourselves. The Devil's Best Trick is a unique and far-reaching investigation into evil and the myriad ways we attempt to understand it - particularly through the figure of the Devil.Sullivan's narrative moves through centuries of historical, religious, and cultural conceptions of evil and the Devil: from the Mesopotamian and Egyptian gods to the Book of Job to the New Testament to the witch hunts in Europe in the 15th through 17th centuries to the history of the devil-worshipping "Black Mass" ceremony an