Evil incarnate : rumors of demonic conspiracy and ritual abuse in history /

In the 1980s, America was gripped by widespread panics about Satanic cults. Conspiracy theories abounded about groups who were allegedly abusing children in day-care centers, impregnating girls for infant sacrifice, brainwashing adults, and even controlling the highest levels of government. As histo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Frankfurter, David, 1961-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Demonology > Public opinion > History.
Conspiracies > Public opinion > History.
Ritual abuse > Public opinion > History.
Good and evil > Public opinion > History.
Démonologie > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Conspiration > Opinion publique > Histoire.
Violence rituelle > Opinion publique > Histoire.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Parapsychology > General.
Demony > antropologia społeczna.
Satanizm > socjologia.
Zło > antropologia społeczna.
Demonologi > historia.
Satanism > historia.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • An architecture for chaos: the nature and function of demonology
  • Experts in the identification of evil
  • Rites of evil: constructions of maleficent religion and ritual
  • Imputations of perversion
  • The performance of evil
  • Mobilizing against evil.

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