The archetype of the Antichrist has been mostly invoked by fundamentalist Christians.  This book turns the tables by holding it up to help name the current battle of democracy vs. theocracy and of lovers of the Earth vs. deniers of climate change in our time.  This powerful archetype names real evil in our midst, evil that is not stupid or without talent, for evil seldom is. The Antichrist—whether that of Hildegard, Signorelli, Luther, Calvin and other reformers—is an archetype for our troubled times because it helps name Evil in our midst.  And its remedies.  The first of which is shedding light on the shadows we can easily fall into.

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Caroline Myss
Introduction: An “Aha!” Moment in a Church in Orvieto
Chapter One: Freud’s Encounter with the Antichrist Painting in Orvieto Cathedral
Chapter Two: The Antichrist as a Naming of Evil
Chapter Three: Christ as Archetype
Chapter Four: Anti-Christ as Archetype
Chapter Five: Jesus and Democracy
Chapter Six: MAGA: Making America Grotesque Again
Chapter Seven: 18 Signs of the Times: The Antichrist in American Politics, 2024
Chapter Eight: Hildegard of Bingen: The Antichrist as Patriarchy
Conclusion: Be a Camel and Escape the Allurement of the Antichrist
Epilogue: Christ, Antichrist, and the 2024 Election
Afterword by Andrew Harvey
Appendix: MAGA’s Precarious Manhood vs. Authentic Masculinity