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The lure of the dark side : Satan and western demonology in popular culture / edited by Christopher Partridge and Eric Christianson. - London ; Oakville, CT : Equinox, 2009. - x, 215 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : music -- Satanism and popular music / Asbjn Dyrendal -- Between hymn and horror film : how do we listen to Cradle of Filth? / Peter Mercer-Taylor -- When demons come calling : dealing with the devil and paradigms of life in African American music / Anthony B. Pinn -- Dark theology : dissident commerce, gothic capitalism, and the spirit of rock 'n' roll / Charlie Blake -- Part II : film -- "Speak of the devil" : the portrayal of satan in the Christ film / William R. Telford -- Celluloid vampires, scientization, and the decline of religion / Titus Hjelm -- A man of wealth and taste : the strange career of Hannibal Lecter / Brian Baker -- Demons of the new polytheism / George Aichele -- Scriptural dimensions of evil : Biblical text as timepiece, talisman, and tatoo / Larry J. Kreitzer -- Part III : literature -- James Hogg and the demonology of Scottish writing / Crawford Gribben -- Voldemort, Death Eaters, dementors, and the dark arts : a contemporary theology of spiritual perversion in the Harry Potter stories / Colin Duriez.

ISBN: 9781845533090 (hbk.) 1845533097 (hbk.) 9781845533106 (pbk.) 1845533100 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2007036372

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Demonology.
Popular culture.

LC Class. No.: BF1543 / .L87 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 133.4/2