Raising the devil : Satanism, new religions, and the media /

Raising the Devil reveals how the Christian Pentecostal movement, right-wing conspiracy theories, and an opportunistic media turned grassroots folk traditions into the Satanism scare of the 1980s. During the mid-twentieth century, devil worship was seen as merely an isolated practice of medieval tim...

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Main Author: Ellis, Bill, 1950- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2000.
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505 0 |a Introduction : demonizing folklore -- Christian magic and diabolical medicine : the theory behind the scare -- The Jesus of Satan : deliverance and spiritualism -- Speak to the Devil : ouija boards and deliverance -- Putting the pieces together : MPD and ritual abuse narratives -- The one-world demonology : projection and conspiracy -- Brits and the Black Mass : the first "confessing witches" -- Hippie commune witchcraft blood rites : Satanic "confessions" in North America -- The Highgate Cemetery vampire hunt : grave-robbing and rumor panic -- The Great Plains cattle mutilation panic : Satanism becomes news. 
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