RT Article
T1 Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism
JF International journal for the study of new religions
VO 4
IS 2
SP 161
OP 176
A1 Petersen, Jesper Aagaard 1974-
LA English
PB equinox
YR 2013
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1799067726
AB What Satanism is and is not occupies both scholars and informants. Through a discussion of three stages of academic reinterpretation, the boundary-work of the academic study of Satanism is uncovered. The first stage of de-demonization is dividing the cultural narratives of evil from self-ascribed Satanism. The second stage of sanitization is positing the organized and non-threatening aspects of Satanism adopted from specific satanic groups as Satanism as such. The third stage of heterogenization is returning to an understanding of the subject based on plurality and fluidity to better examine the polyvocality of Satanism today. By showing the blind spots of Satanism studies, we can address the field in novel ways.
K1 Satanism
K1 Satanism studies
K1 Boundary-work
K1 Discourse
K1 Research Methods
DO 10.1558/ijsnr.v4i2.161