Children of Lucifer [electronic resource] : the origins of modern religious Satanism / Ruben van Luijk.
Luijk, Ruben van, author.
2016
BF1548 .L85 2016eb
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Title Children of Lucifer [electronic resource] : the origins of modern religious Satanism / Ruben van Luijk.
Author Luijk, Ruben van, author.
ISBN 9780190275136 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275105
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2016.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 613 pages).
Item Number 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190275105 doi
Call Number BF1548 .L85 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 133.42209
Summary Satanism adopts Satan, the Judeo-Christian representative of evil, as an object of veneration. This work explores the historical origins of this extraordinary 'antireligion.'
Note Satanism adopts Satan, the Judeo-Christian representative of evil, as an object of veneration. This work explores the historical origins of this extraordinary 'antireligion.'
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 7, 2016).
Series Oxford studies in Western esotericism.
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Introduction (mostly for academic readers)
The Christian invention of Satanism
Intermezzo 1. The eighteenth century: death of Satan?
The romantic rehabilitation of Satan
Satan in nineteenth-century counterculture
Intermezzo 2. Charles Baudelaire: litanies to Satan
Huysmans and consorts
Unmasking the synagogue of Satan
Unmasking the synagogue of Satan: continued and concluded
Intermezzo 3. Nineteenth-century religious Satanism: fact or fiction?
Paths into the twentieth century
Tribulations of the early church
Intermezzo 4. Adolescent Satanism, metal Satanism, cyber-Satanism
Conclusion.

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