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By Joshua D Silverstein - October 27, 2004

Christianity's mythic war between God and Satan for the heart of mankind has long fascinated the Christian world. The twentieth century seems in particular to contemplate the idea that perhaps, looking at the trajectory of its history, Satan is winning this war. Thomas Mann explores this notion in the 1947 novel Doctor Faustus, using the conflict…

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