Prologue
1. The Day Satan Came to Oklahoma
2. Origins and History of The Satanic Temple
3. Satanic Schisms
4. The Satanic Reformation
5. Religion or Trolls?
6. Satanic Bake Sales
7. "Taking Equality Too Far"
Conclusion
Bibliography
Notes
Index
Joseph P. Laycock is an assistant professor of religious studies at Texas State University. His work explores American religious history and new religious movements. He is also a co-editor of the journal Nova Religio.
"Recommended." -- C.H. Lippy, emeritus, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, CHOICE
"Joseph Laycock has written an outstanding treatment of one of the
most misunderstood new religious movements...The book is
well-written and impeccably documented. In addition to producing a
fine introduction to TST, Laycock introduces us to a host of
important contemporary cultural theorists, religion scholars, and
legal experts working at the interface of politics and religion.
This book will be valuable to anyone who teaches world
religions/new religious
movements, or anyone seeking to understand legal issues related to
religion in the public square." -- Jonathan P. Case, Evangelical
Missions Quarterly
"Laycock's book produces several contributions to the field. His
survey of satanic history and its use in popular discourse reveals
the extent to which the satanic affinity for performance traces
back to earlier Church of Satan figures such as Anton LaVey but
also the political activism, militant reactionism, and moral
sensationalism of conservative Christians" -- William Chavez,
Reading Religion
"This volume is highly recommended. Its sections on the history of
Satanism and TST may not be of interest to all Christians, but
surely to those interested in a study of new religious movements,
and Satanism in particular. Even for those who have no interest in
Satanism or TST, and who find such subjects off-putting, the
discussion of TST's challenges to our assumptions about religion,
religious free-dom, and religious pluralism make this an important
addition
to select Christian libraries." -- John W. Morehead, Cultural
Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture
"Laycock's Speak of the Devil is a valuable contribution to the
study of modern Satanism and will be of great interest especially
to those studying new religious movements, religion in America, and
issues of church and state in the United States. Clearly written
and well organized, the book would be ideal for graduate seminars
not only for its content, but also for its expert blending of
history and ethnography in its portrait of an oft-reviled
minority religion." -- Brian C. Wilson, Western Michigan
University, Nova Religio
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