Satanism

This Element provides a concise overview of Satanism from its origins in early modern Europe through the present. It covers legends of the black mass, hell-fire clubs, the Romantic Satanism, nineteenth-century occultists, and contemporary Satanic Panic from the 1980s through QAnon.

List of contents

1. What is Satanism?; 2. Imagining the black mass; 3. Satanic sympathizers; 4. The church of satan; 5. The temple of set and esoteric satanism; 6. Satanic panic; 7. Contemporary developments in satanism; Bibliography.

Summary

This Element provides a concise overview of Satanism from its origins in early modern Europe through the present. It covers legends of the black mass, hell-fire clubs, the Romantic Satanism, nineteenth-century occultists, and contemporary Satanic Panic from the 1980s through QAnon.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph P Laycock, Joseph P. Laycock, Joseph P. (Texas State University Laycock
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009060295
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0906029-5
• No. of pages: 84
• Series: Elements in New Religious Movements
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / History, comparative religion, History of Religion, Philosophy of religion, Religious issues and debates, Satanism and demonology