Philosophical Approaches to Demonology [Hardcover]

In contradistinction to the many monographs and edited volumes devoted to historical, cultural, or theological treatments of demonology, this collection features newly written papers by philosophers and other scholars engaged specifically in philosophical argument, debate, and dialogue involving ideas and topics in demonology. The contributors to the volume approach the subject from the perspective of the broadest areas of Western philosophy, namely metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and moral philosophy. The collection also features a plurality of religious, cultural, and theological views on the nature of demons from both Eastern and Western thought, in addition to views that may diverge from these traditional roots. Philosophical Approaches to Demonologywill be of interest to philosophers of religion, theologians, and scholars working in philosophical theology and demonology, as well as historians, cultural anthropologists, and sociologists interested more broadly in the concept of demons.

Introduction

1 Augustine and Aquinas on the Demonic

2 The Demonic Body: Demonic Ontology and the Domicile of the Demons in Apuleius and Augustine

Seamus ONeill

3 Christian Demonology: A New Philosophical Perspective

Shandon L. Guthrie

4 Women as The Devils Gateway : A Feminist Critique of Christian Demonology

Jeff Ewing

5 Socrates Demonic Sign (DaimonionSmeion)

Charlene Elsby

6 The Ecological Demon: Silent lã'