The lure of the dark side : Satan and western demonology in popular culture / edited by Christopher Partridge and Eric Christianson.

Originally published: Equinox, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I : music -- Satanism and popular music / Asbjørn 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.

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Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. 'The Lure of the Darkside' brings together the work of some of the most important and creative scholars in the field of Biblical and Religious Studies. The essays explore demonology in popular culture from a range of perspectives: Satanism within contemporary music; the relationship between hymn and horror film; the career of Hannibal Lecter; the portrayal of Satan in films about Christ; and spiritual perversion.

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