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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      20 December 2023
      07 March 2024
      ISBN:
      9781009057349
      9781009479370
      9781009060295
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009057349
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.27kg, 84 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.14kg, 84 Pages
      • Series:
      Elements in New Religious Movements
      Subjects:
      History of Religion, Sociology of Religion, Religion, Religion: General Interest
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    What is Satanism? The word has functioned as a powerful indictment of one's rivals, an expression of rebellion against authority, and sometimes to describe the deliberate worship of dark, supernatural forces. This Element provides a concise overview of Satanism from its origins in early modern Europe through the present. It covers such topics as legends of the black mass, hell-fire clubs, the Romantic Satanism of Lord Byron and Percy Shelley, and nineteenth-century occultists who expressed reverence for Satan. It describes modern Satanic religions including the Church of Satan, The Temple of Set, The Order of Nine Angles, The Satanic Temple, and others. It also addresses contemporary Satanic Panic from the 1980s through QAnon. This Element should prove useful to anyone seeking to learn more about this complicated and frequently misunderstood tradition.

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