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The contributors first examine the Satanic Ritual Abuse scare, an erroneous belief in a vast underground network of Satanists who were abusing children. For years members of the law enforcement community and numerous therapists, encouraged by the hype of mass media, bought into this panic.
Other topics include the role of the media in the perceptions of Satanism and Satanic Ritual Abuse, juvenile delinquency and Satanism, police pursuit of satanic crime, and the role of the Internet as a form of communication among disparate groups with some connection to Satanism. The volume concludes with primary source material, including a report from the Ritual Abuse Task Force and selections from current Satanism groups.
This objective reference work will be useful for professionals in many fields and members of the public interested in sorting out the facts from the myths surrounding this controversial subculture.
James R. Lewis, a world-recognized authority on nontraditional religions, is a lecturer in religious studies and philosophy in the University of Wisconsin system. He is the author or editor of more than twenty 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 is a doctoral student at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology and the editor (with James R. Lewis) of Controversial New Religions.
ALT ISBN: 978-1-59102-390-6