Raising the Devil

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
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 10/05/2000
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.36h x 6.38w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780813121703

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

About the Author
Ellis, Bill: - Bill Ellis, associate professor of English and American studies at Penn State Hazelton, is the author of Raising the Devil: Satanism, New Religions, and the Media. He has served as president of the International Society for Contemporary Legend Research and of the American Folklore Society's Folk Narrative Section and is an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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