Satanism : a social history /

Satanism : a social history /

A 17th-century French haberdasher invented the Black Mass. An 18th-century English Cabinet Minister administered the Eucharist to a baboon. High-ranking Catholic authorities in the 19th century believed that Satan appeared in Masonic lodges in the shape of a crocodile and played the piano there. A w...

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Main Author: Introvigne, Massimo.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]

Series: Aries Book Series 21.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303942.

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Satanism > Social aspects > History.

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Call Number: BF1548 .I58 2016

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • France: Satan in the Courtroom
  • Sweden: Satan the Highway Robber
  • Italy: Satan the Friar
  • England: Satan the Member of Parliament
  • Russia: Satan the Translator
  • An Epidemic of Anti-Satanism, 1821-1870
  • Around Huysmans, 1870-1891
  • Satan the Freemason: The Mystification of Léo Taxil, 1891-1897
  • A Satanic Underground, 1897-1952
  • The Origins of Contemporary Satanism, 1952-1980
  • The Great Satanism Scare, 1980-1994
  • Satan the Musician: Black Metal and Satanism
  • From the 20th to the 21st Century, 1994-2016
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Groups and Organizations.