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• Publisher : BRILL
• File Size : 46,9 Mb
• Release Date : 29 August 2016

For the first time, Massimo Introvigne proposes a general social history of Satanism and anti-Satanism, from the French Court of Louis XIV to the Satanic scares of the late 20th

• Publisher : Simon and Schuster
• File Size : 40,6 Mb
• Release Date : 25 October 2022

Satanism is too often misunderstood as a religion that makes blood sacrifices to an evil, horned Prince of Darkness. In reality, modern Satanists are nonviolent and nontheistic, and consider the

• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• File Size : 54,6 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

"Three experts explore Satanism as a contemporary movement that is in continuous dialogue with popular culture, and which provides a breeding ground for other new religious movements."--Jacket.

• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• File Size : 45,9 Mb
• Release Date : 17 February 2020

In this book-length study of The Satanic Temple, Joseph Laycock, a scholar of new religious movements, contends that the emergence of "political Satanism" marks a significant moment in American religious

• Publisher : Routledge
• File Size : 45,6 Mb
• Release Date : 29 September 2017

Although there is growing concern over Satanism as a threat to American life, the topic has received surprisingly little serious attention. Recognizing this, the editors of this volume have selected

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 27,9 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

Satanism adopts Satan, the Judeo-Christian representative of evil, as an object of veneration. This work explores the historical origins of this extraordinary 'antireligion.'

• Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
• File Size : 44,8 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

Despite the fascinating nature of religious Satanism, it has attracted little scholarship until relatively recently. This book brings together a group of international scholars to produce the first serious book-length

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 27,7 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

Twelve scholars present cutting-edge research from the emerging field of Satanism studies. The topics covered range from early literary Satanists like Blake and Shelley, to the Californian Church of Satan

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 23,8 Mb
• Release Date : 31 May 2012

The Devil has fascinated writers and theologians since the time of the New Testament, and inspired many dramatic and haunting works of art. Today he remains a potent image in

• Publisher : Fortress Press
• File Size : 41,9 Mb
• Release Date : 12 May 2024

For centuries the figure of Satan has incarnated absolute evil. Existing alongside more intellectualist interpretations of evil, Satan has figured largely in Christian practices, devotions, popular notions of the afterlife,