7 Who Serves Satan?
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| 1. | Title | Title of document | 7 Who Serves Satan? - Sects & Stats |
| 2. | Creator | Author's name, affiliation, country | James Lewis; University of Tromsø; Norway |
| 3. | Subject | Discipline(s) | Religion; Cultural Anthropology; sociology |
| 4. | Subject | Keyword(s) | new religions; popular religion; conversion; identity construction; adolescent Satanism |
| 5. | Subject | Subject classification | Contemporary non-Christian & para-Christian cults & sects (HRQM) |
| 6. | Description | Abstract | With the exception of a certain subgenre of professional literature that focuses on the “problem” of adolescent Satanism, there have been no systematic analyses of how people become Satanists. Chapter Seven brings data from questionnaire research to bear on this issue, and draws on discussions of conversion to other alternative religions – particularly to contemporary Paganism – as lenses through which to interpret conversion to Satanism. The chapter’s conclusion also raises the question of whether declaring oneself to be a member of an anarchistic Internet religion should properly be considered “conversion” or whether it would be more appropriate to regard the adoption of the label “Satanist” as being a form of identity construction. |
| 7. | Publisher | Organizing agency, location | Equinox Publishing Ltd |
| 8. | Contributor | Sponsor(s) | |
| 9. | Date | (YYYY-MM-DD) | 01-Nov-2014 |
| 10. | Type | Status & genre | Peer-reviewed Article |
| 11. | Type | Type | |
| 12. | Format | File format | |
| 13. | Identifier | Uniform Resource Identifier | https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/24754 |
| 14. | Identifier | Digital Object Identifier | 10.1558/equinox.24754 |
| 15. | Source | Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) | Equinox eBooks Publishing; Sects & Stats |
| 16. | Language | English=en | en |
| 18. | Coverage | Geo-spatial location, chronological period, research sample (gender, age, etc.) |
New Zealand; Australia; Global, contemporary, age; education; income; gender; religious background; initial contact |
| 19. | Rights | Copyright and permissions | Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |