{"id":10493671801126,"title":"The Devil's Dictionary of the Christian Church 2nd Edition","handle":"the-devils-dictionary-of-the-christian-church-2nd-edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0798\/5689\/files\/Stone_Tower_100x100.png?v=1546616956\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 85, 67);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor Donald T. Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 85, 67);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9798994092682\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 85, 67);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 192\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"DropCap\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ability to laugh at ourselves is some-thing that can keep us humble and help us maintain our perspectives. It can bring a refreshing pause to serious matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSatire often provokes thought, encourages self-reflection, and may even inspire change. Imagine that C. S. Lewis’s character Screwtape, a senior devil in \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Screwtape Letters\u003c\/span\u003e, had written \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church\u003c\/span\u003e. How might the entries read, especially for American Christianity? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe definitions, in \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Devil’s Dictionary of the Christian Church\u003c\/span\u003e are inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s classic \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Devil’s Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e (1911). As satire, they are diabolical wishful thinking: what the Devil wishes were true, period, and which may be far too close to the truth for comfort. The author’s goal is not to trivialize spiritual matters, but to use satire to raise a good laugh while promoting some serious thought about where we are in present-day American Christianity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDONALD T. WILLIAMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (BA Taylor University, M.Div. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, PhD University of Georgia) is Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Toccoa Falls College in the hills of northeast Georgia. He is the author many articles, poems, and reviews in various journals and of sixteen other books, including \u003ci\u003eCredo: Meditations on the Nicene Creed\u003c\/i\u003e, second edition (Stone Tower Press, 2025).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","published_at":"2026-04-06T12:52:17-04:00","created_at":"2026-04-06T12:52:14-04:00","vendor":"Stone Tower Press","type":"Book","tags":["Christianity","Donald T. 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Williams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 85, 67);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN 9798994092682\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(43, 85, 67);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages 192\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"DropCap\" align=\"left\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe ability to laugh at ourselves is some-thing that can keep us humble and help us maintain our perspectives. It can bring a refreshing pause to serious matters.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSatire often provokes thought, encourages self-reflection, and may even inspire change. Imagine that C. S. Lewis’s character Screwtape, a senior devil in \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Screwtape Letters\u003c\/span\u003e, had written \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church\u003c\/span\u003e. How might the entries read, especially for American Christianity? \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoBodyText\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe definitions, in \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Devil’s Dictionary of the Christian Church\u003c\/span\u003e are inspired by Ambrose Bierce’s classic \u003cspan class=\"Italic\"\u003eThe Devil’s Dictionary\u003c\/span\u003e (1911). As satire, they are diabolical wishful thinking: what the Devil wishes were true, period, and which may be far too close to the truth for comfort. The author’s goal is not to trivialize spiritual matters, but to use satire to raise a good laugh while promoting some serious thought about where we are in present-day American Christianity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDONALD T. WILLIAMS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (BA Taylor University, M.Div. Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, PhD University of Georgia) is Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Toccoa Falls College in the hills of northeast Georgia. He is the author many articles, poems, and reviews in various journals and of sixteen other books, including \u003ci\u003eCredo: Meditations on the Nicene Creed\u003c\/i\u003e, second edition (Stone Tower Press, 2025).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e"}