Satanism: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
A broad overview of Satanism is offered in Ruben van Luijk, Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism (2016). The Romanticist and literary embrace of Satan is dealt with in Peter A. Schock, Romantic Satanism: Myth and the Historical Moment in Blake, Shelley and Byron (2003) and Per Faxneld, Satanic Feminism: Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture (2017). More focused on modern religious Satanism are Massimo Introvigne, Satanism: A Social History (2016) and Asbjørn Dyrendal, James R. Lewis, and Jesper Aa. Petersen, The Invention of Satanism (2016). On the Satanic Temple see Joseph P. Laycock, Speak of the Devil: How the Satanic Temple Is Changing the Way We Talk About Religion (2020).
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Ethan Doyle White
Possessing a PhD in Medieval History and Archaeology from University College London, Ethan Doyle White writes on religion, folklore, history, and archaeology, with a particular focus on areas of cultural marginality such as contemporary Paganism and modern witchcraft beliefs.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Added a cross-reference. | Oct 30, 2026 | ||
| Modified link of Web site: EWTN - An Anthropological View of Satanism. | May 22, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Nov 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Myf Warhurst - What has Dean Martin got to do with Satanism? | Aug 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Worcester - Worcester Research and Publications - Demons of the Mind: Satanic Thoughts in Seventeenth-Century England (PDF). | Oct 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC Listen - Satanism. | Dec 03, 2023 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jul 26, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: EWTN - An Anthropological View of Satanism. | Jun 30, 2023 | ||
| Standing entry replaced by new article. | May 24, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: LearnReligions - Exploring the Different Branches of Satanism. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Hartford Institute for Religion Research - Encyclopedia of Religion and Society - Satanism. | Aug 21, 2022 | ||
| Article revised to distinguish historical Satanism from other forms. |
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Jan 27, 2016 | |
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Society - Satanism. | Jan 21, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: CRW Flags - Flag of Satanism. | Jan 20, 2011 | ||
| Capitalized "Satanism." | Aug 13, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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