Table of Contents

I: Introdution; 1: Satanism as a Social Problem; II: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on Satanism; 2: The Demonology of Satanism: An Anthropological View; 3: The Historical Satan; 4: Satanism: The New Cult Scare; III: The Satanic Threat to Children; 5: Satanism and Child Molestation: Constructing the Ritual Abuse Scare; 6: Endangered Children in Antisatanist Rhetoric; 7: Satanic Cults, Satanic Play: Is “Dungeons & Dragons” a Breeding Ground for the Devil?; IV: Psychiatry and Occult Survivors; 8: Occult Survivors: The Making of a Myth; 9: Satanism and Psychotherapy: A Rumor in Search of an Inquisition; V: Satanism and The Law; 10: The Police Model of Satanic Crime; 11: Law Enforcement and the Satanism-Crime Connection: A Survey of “Cult Cops”; 12: Satanism in the Courts: From Murder to Heavy Metal; VI: Rumor and News About Satanism; 13: The Dynamics of Rumor-Panics about Satanic Cults; 14: Accusations of Satanism and Racial Tensions in the Matamoros Cult Murders; 15: Devil Worship in Western Montana: A Case Study in Rumor Construction; 16: Caldrons Bubble, Satan's Trouble, but Witches Are Okay: Media Constructions of Satanism and Witchcraft; VII: The Satanists; 17: Legend-Trips and Satanism: Adolescents’ Ostensive Traditions as “Cult” Activity; 18: Social Construction from Within: Satan's Process

About the Author

R. J. Rummel was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii. He is the author of over one hundred scholarly articles and two dozen books, including Power Kills, China's Bloody Century, and The Miracle That Is Freedom. In addition, he has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and been the recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conflict Processes Section of the American Political Science Association and the International Association of Genocide Scholars' Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contribution to the Field of Genocide and Democide Studies and Prevention.

Reviews

-Rummel has taken on the assignment of making an accounting, once and for all, of the people killed by the Soviets since 1917... Rummel has provided a plethora of statistics, graphs, and sources for his estimates. College and research libraries.- --A. Ezergailis, Choice

"Rummel has taken on the assignment of making an accounting, once and for all, of the people killed by the Soviets since 1917... Rummel has provided a plethora of statistics, graphs, and sources for his estimates. College and research libraries." --A. Ezergailis, Choice

"Rummel has taken on the assignment of making an accounting, once and for all, of the people killed by the Soviets since 1917... Rummel has provided a plethora of statistics, graphs, and sources for his estimates. College and research libraries." --A. Ezergailis, Choice