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16-Mar-06
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AUTHOR TINA WRAY DISCUSSES 'THE BIRTH OF SATAN'
NEWPORT, R.I. - Dr. Tina Wray, assistant professor of religious studies, will discuss her newest book, "The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots," on Thursday, March 23 at 4 p.m. in the McKillop special collections room. Her lecture will be followed by a book signing and reception.
In "The Birth of Satan: Tracing the Devil's Biblical Roots" (published by Macmillan), Wray and co-author, Dr. Gregory Mobley of Andover-Newton Theological School, guide readers on a journey to retrace Satan's biblical roots, shedding light on the Devil's slow and steady metamorphosis through the pages of holy writ, stopping along the way to explore the influences of other religious cultures and extra biblical writings that helped Satan assume his final form.
Making sense out of evil is part of humanity's endless quest to discover the meaning of life," said John Shelby Spong, author of The Sins of Scripture. "This book illuminates that quest by tracing the history of Satan through the lens of the Judeo/Christian faith story. In an engaging manner, it forces us to realize that either by making Satan a literal being or by dismissing the devil as pre-modern mythology we are still shaped by its ever present shadow."
This is Wray's third book. She is also author of Surviving the Death of a Sibling and co-author of Grief Dreams.
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