TY - BOOK AU - Elaine Pagels TI - The Origin of Satan SN - 9780679401407 AV - BS2555.6.D5 U1 - 235.47 PB - Random House KW - Religion-Spirituality N2 - From the religious historian whose The Gnostic Gospels won both the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award comes a dramatic interpretation of Satan and his role on the Christian tradition. With magisterial learning and the elan of a born storyteller, Pagels turns Satan's story into an audacious exploration of Christianity's shadow side, in which the gospel of love gives way to irrational hatreds that continue to haunt Christians and non-Christians alike.From the Trade Paperback edition ER -