Raising the Devil (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780813121703)

Raising the Devil reveals how the Christian Pentecostal movement, right-wing conspiracy theories, and an opportunistic media turned grassroots folk traditions into the Satanism scare of the 1980s. During the mid-twentieth century, devil worship was seen as merely an isolated practice of medieval times. But by the early 1980s, many influential experts in clinical medicine and in law enforcement were proclaiming that satanic cults were widespread and dangerous. By examining the broader context for

Author: Bill Ellis
ISBN-10: 0813121701
ISBN-13: 9780813121703
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 10/05/2000
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.38w x 1.11d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 09/15/2000 pg. 82
Publishers Weekly 09/25/2000 pg. 109
Choice 03/01/2001 pg. 1289
Publishers Weekly 09/22/2000