商品簡介
Beginning with the founding of the Church of Satan by Anton LeVey in 1966, Lewis (religious studies and philosophy, U. of Wisconsin) and Petersen (Norwegian U. of Science and Technology) demystify modern Satanism. International experts on nontraditional religions, Satanists, law enforcement specialists, and Christian clergy analyze the attraction of Satanism in the contemporary world; sort actual practices from media reports and public panic about ritual child sexual abuse and murder and discuss how the Internet contributes to the movement's decentralization. The balanced volume includes a report from the Ritual Abuse Task Force and postulates from a Satanic Web site. Images include art illustrations, photographs of leading Satanists, and Satanic symbols. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
James R. Lewis (Stevens Point, WI), a world-recognized authority on nontraditional religions, is a lecturer in religious studies at the University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, and an adjunct assistant professor of philosophy at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of New Age Religions; The Encyclopedic Sourcebook of UFO Religions; Odd Gods; Doomsday Prophecies; and The Encyclopedia of Cults, Sects, and New Religions.
Jesper Aagaard Petersen (Copenhagen, Denmark) is a lecturer at Rodovre Gymnasium and the University of Copenhagen and the editor (with James R. Lewis) of Controversial New Religions.
