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Raising the Devil

by Bill Ellis
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9780813121703
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
  • Publisher Imprint: University Press of Kentucky
  • Publication Date:
  • Pages: 352
  • Original Price: USD 40.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 681 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Folklore & Mythology

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 times. But by the early 1980s, many influential experts in clinical medicine and in law enforcement were proclaiming that satanic cults were widespread and dangerous. By examining the broader context for

Ellis, Bill: - Bill Ellis, associate professor of English and American studies at Penn State Hazelton, is the author of Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media. He has served as president of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research and of the American Folklore Society's Folk Narrative Section and is an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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