Speak of the Devil
Author | : Joseph P. Laycock |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 2020-02-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0190948493 |
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In this book-length study of The Satanic Temple, Joseph Laycock, a scholar of new religious movements, contends that the emergence of "political Satanism" marks a significant moment in American religious history that will have a lasting impact on how Americans frame debates about religious freedom. Though the group gained attention for its strategic deployment of outrage, it claims to have developed beyond politics into a religious movement. Equal parts history and ethnography, Speak of the Devil demonstrates why religious Satanism is significant to larger conversations about the definition of religion, religious freedom, and religious tolerance.