Dallas G Denery II

Associate Professor of History, Bowdoin College

Dallas G Denery II is associate professor of history and chair of the history department at Bowdoin College in Maine. His latest book is The Devil Wins: A History of Lying from the Garden of Eden to the Enlightenment (2015).

Written by Dallas G Denery II

Medieval painting of a group of people, including a man in blue above and a jester pointing. Ornate patterns and floral designs surround them.

essay

History of ideas

Can God lie?

Until the Scientific Revolution, God’s power included a licence to deceive. How did science make an honest man of Him?

Dallas G Denery II