The lure of the dark side
Subtitle: Satan and western demonology in popular culture
By: edited by Christopher Partridge and Eric Christianson.
Contributors: Partridge, Christopher H. 1961-; Christianson, Eric S.
Publisher: Equinox
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; Oakville, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9781845533090; 9781845533106
Subjects: Demonology; Popular culture
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I : music; title: Satanism and popular music / Asbjørn Dyrendal; title: Between hymn and horror film : how do we listen to Cradle of Filth? / Peter Mercer-Taylor; title: When demons come calling : dealing with the devil and paradigms of life in African American music / Anthony B. Pinn; title: Dark theology : dissident commerce, gothic capitalism, and the spirit of rock 'n' roll / Charlie Blake; title: Part II : film; title: "Speak of the devil" : the portrayal of satan in the Christ film / William R. Telford; title: Celluloid vampires, scientization, and the decline of religion / Titus Hjelm; title: A man of wealth and taste : the strange career of Hannibal Lecter / Brian Baker; title: Demons of the new polytheism / George Aichele; title: Scriptural dimensions of evil : Biblical text as timepiece, talisman, and tatoo / Larry J. Kreitzer; title: Part III : literature; title: James Hogg and the demonology of Scottish writing / Crawford Gribben; title: Voldemort, Death Eaters, dementors, and the dark arts : a contemporary theology of spiritual perversion in the Harry Potter stories / Colin Duriez.