... The Satanic Verses as a Bildungsroman that is postcolonial and postsecular. Among the distinctiveness of the postcolonial Bildungsroman is that it can present a protagonist who can negotiate among nationality, religion, secularism, and postsecularism. This article contextualizes The Satanic...

... animated by conspiracy theories alleging ritual sex abuse swept through the United States in the 1980s. During that “Satanic Panic,” as it came to be known, people expressed fears of social change regarding gender and sexuality. Beginning in 2022, conservative politicians, pundits, and pastors...

... spirits and the afterlife. It also investigates writings, other Prague sources, and recent research on popular Jewish and non-Jewish culture in pre-modern Europe, which reveal that the Jews of Prague were obsessed with notions concerning the satanic realm, the soul, and the idea that invisible demons...

...The chapter deals with the history of Satanism in America. It examines claims of possible forerunners in the form of the Ophite Cultus Satanas, but concentrates on the period framed by the establishment of the Church of Satan by Anton LaVey in 1966 and the important schism leading to the Temple...

... characterized the Mere Enthusiast. These representations literally demonized this wayward prophetic leadership, showing the apparently ordinary internal conflicts of Christendom in a cosmic mirror: as bearing the burden of the contest of God and Satan. To this end, writers summoned a range of what they would...

..., and haunted, house. The house acts to exacerbate the couple’s problems through George’s possession by heightening the economic risks. Although George is the one possessed, the house likewise impacts the children through challenging George’s role as their father. The chapter overviews how the Satanic Panic...

...The first half of the 1980s were dominated by a wave of moral panics regarding child abuse and satanic rings. The 1980s saw a resurgence of moral panics when the McMartin preschool in Manhattan beach received accusations of sexual abuse. Soon, other schools followed, accusations piling up, the news...

...Fredrik Gregorius, The Order of the Nine Angles, The Black Book of Satan (1984) In: Satanism. Edited by: Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780199913534.003.0015 This chapter focuses...

...Per Faxneld, Øystein “Euronymous” Aarseth (Den Sorte Sirkel/Black Metal Satanism), Interview for Close-Up Magazine (1992) In: Satanism. Edited by: Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso...

...Fredrik Gregorius and Manon Hedenborg White, Lucien Greaves (The Satanic Temple), “Church of Satan vs. Satanic Temple” (2017) In: Satanism. Edited by: Per Faxneld and Johan Nilsson, Oxford University Press. © Oxford University Press 2023. DOI: 10.1093/oso...

...This chapter explores the relationship between horror films and the Satanic Panic. It is generally acknowledged by historians that depictions of Satanism in horror films in the 1970s contributed to the Satanic Panic by familiarizing the public with images of Satanic cults and rituals. In particular...

... the chance to frame their activism not only as building up the “city on a hill,” but also as a cosmic battle between Jesus and Satan. In the music video for “Revival in the Land,” Carman narrated a supernatural story before a live audience. Satan and an injured demonic imp (both in elaborate costuming...

... resort to satanic fraud. Agamemnon Homer bee simile catalog devils demons fallen angels God —Iliad Pandaemonium Satan Son war Belial Chariot of Paternal Deity fraud War in Heaven chivalric romances epic fairies fairy elves simile giants idolatry idols Jerusalem temple metapoetics...

... liberation. Overtly homophobic sex panics of this period turned on the idea that youth was a time of sexual innocence. The most spectacular of these modern child sex panics were the “satanic ritual abuse” (SRA) scares of the 1980s. These panics have been associated with the fear of strangers, suspicion...

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... racism assimilation Bradford Muslims Christian fundamentalism conservatives ethnic cleansing fundamentalism Harry Potter books Kureishi Hanif liberals multiculturalism Muslim fundamentalism Nazism Rushdie Salman Satanic Verses The Rushdie Bhabha Homi K apartheid book burning Edward...

..., such as hardness or softness. Dioscorides’ authority endured into the sixteenth century. Sources including The Book of Idols and the Ethiopian Book of Enoch inform the discussion of pre-Islamic vegetation goddesses Allat and Al-’Uzza, and the Satanic Verses. Zakariya Muhammad...

...This introductory chapter offers some basic elements to situate the study of Satanism. First, the nature of modern Satanism is delineated through a distinction between discourse on the satanic and satanic discourse. This distinction relates to the difference between cultural stereotypes and self...

...This chapter examines the recent developments of modern Satanism in Poland through the lens of post-structural theory. A central thesis is that the collective identities of Satanists, especially online, are formed in dialogue with prevalent public articulations of moral panic. The anti-cult...

...This chapter examines the contexts of production and reception related to the most popular and recognized book on Satanism today, Anton LaVey's Satanic Bible. Through a thorough compositional analysis of the first part, called The Book of Satan, the chapter redefines both...