The Formation of Antichrist in Medieval Western Christian Thought

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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2020

Kevin L. Hughes

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Colin McAllister

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Colin McAllister: Affiliation:
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

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Summary

The figure of Antichrist does not appear as such in Christian Scripture; it is instead constituted by the interactions of several exegetical and theological strands in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages. This chapter studies the contours of that developing tradition, casting forward even into the present invocations of Antichrist in contemporary thinkers such as René Girard and Giorgio Agamben.

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Antichrist apocalyptic theology of history human evil

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Information: The Cambridge Companion to Apocalyptic Literature , pp. 251 - 269

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108394994.014 [Opens in a new window]

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Print publication year: 2020

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