RELIGION / Demonology & Satanism

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This paper is an inquiry into a contemporary heavy metal band from Sweden called Ghost. Ghost released its first studio album in 2010 and, while there is some discussion as to what their genre is exactly, they immediately became a rising star in the metal scene. Yet what is of particular interest from a storytelling point of view, especially with regard to theological answers to philosophical questions in popular cu…

Reference · Wikidata

scholarly article published in Fabula, vol. 34, no. 3-4 (1993) (DOI: 10.1515/FABL.1993.34.3-4.238)

Book · DOAB

In this book, it is argued that narratives about Satanism, which have become popular in the Christian context of Zambia from the 1990s onwards, make cultural sense because of their links to traditional African notions as well as contemporary Christian theologies. These narratives also resonate with unease regarding the cultural change, which is connected by Zambians to modernity. Narratives about Satanism further ma…

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