The Accusation Of Satanic Panic By Phillips Stevens Jr.
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That is why it is important to stay informed and research information.
The most recent Panic related to Satanism occurred when people claimed to have been survivors or participants of demonic rituals.
In both Europe and the U.S. (foster) parents, teachers and day-care workers were alleged and in some cases detained because of untrustworthy stories. “The details of the claims are truly horrific... elaborate rituals always cleverly covered up by the participants.” says Brunvard
Since there was no good evidence people who conducted research instead of following blindly turned the tide ending the panic.
One of the first reflections on the panic by Phillips Stevens Jr. connected it to folk lore.
Later on the Satanic Panic was …show more content…
Accusations of Devil worship, ritual infant murder, and cannibalism first were aimed at the Cathar heretics in southern France by the Catholic clergy in their propaganda war against the insurrection. They proved quite effective, so were used over and over again against real and imagined enemies of the established moral and political order. In quick succession, accusations of Satan worship were made against other heretics, Jews, witches, and even the Knights Templars.”
“Hundreds of newspapers carry reports about teenage delinquent gangs described as being Satanic cults, involved in malicious acts ranging from the killing of domestic animals to ritual murder and suicide. Even teenage graffiti is seen through the distorting lens of the legend, as the cryptic symbolism of Satanists. A host of family values organizations are attacking children's school books, rock music, and Dungeons and Dragons role-playing games as vehicles used to influence youth into Satan worship.”
“Lauren Stratford (a pseudonym for Laural Willson), whose book, Satan's Underground, had to be withdrawn by its publisher after being exposed as a fraud by Cornerstone magazine. …show more content…
Encyclopedia of urban legends. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012. Accessed January 12, 2018. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/abcul/satanic_panic/0.
Hunter, James. "Interpreting the Satanic Legend." Journal of Religion and Health 37, no. 3 (1998): 249-63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27511261. Accessed 12 Jan. 2018.
Janisse, Kier-La, and Paul Corupe. Satanic panic: pop-cultural paranoia in the 1980s. England, UK: Fab Press, 2016.
Jenny Reichert, and James T. Richardson. "Decline of a Moral Panic: A Social Psychological and Socio-Legal Examination of the Current Status of Satanism." Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 16, no. 2 (2012): 47-63. doi:10.1525/nr.2012.16.2.47. Accessed 12 Jan. 2018
Medway, Gareth J. “Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 8, no. 1 (2004): 114-15. Doi:10.1525/nr.2004.8.1.114. Accessed 12 Jan. 2018
Selk, Avi. "Falsely accused of satanic horrors, a couple spent 21 years in prison. Now they're owed millions." Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017. U.S. History in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A501669607/UHIC?u=newt33422&xid=8d39b0d5. Accessed 12 Jan.
Conclusion
That is why it is important to stay informed and research information.
The most recent Panic related to Satanism occurred when people claimed to have been survivors or participants of demonic rituals.
In both Europe and the U.S. (foster) parents, teachers and day-care workers were alleged and in some cases detained because of untrustworthy stories. “The details of the claims are truly horrific... elaborate rituals always cleverly covered up by the participants.” says Brunvard
Since there was no good evidence people who conducted research instead of following blindly turned the tide ending the panic.
One of the first reflections on the panic by Phillips Stevens Jr. connected it to folk lore.
Later on the Satanic Panic was …show more content…
Accusations of Devil worship, ritual infant murder, and cannibalism first were aimed at the Cathar heretics in southern France by the Catholic clergy in their propaganda war against the insurrection. They proved quite effective, so were used over and over again against real and imagined enemies of the established moral and political order. In quick succession, accusations of Satan worship were made against other heretics, Jews, witches, and even the Knights Templars.”
“Hundreds of newspapers carry reports about teenage delinquent gangs described as being Satanic cults, involved in malicious acts ranging from the killing of domestic animals to ritual murder and suicide. Even teenage graffiti is seen through the distorting lens of the legend, as the cryptic symbolism of Satanists. A host of family values organizations are attacking children's school books, rock music, and Dungeons and Dragons role-playing games as vehicles used to influence youth into Satan worship.”
“Lauren Stratford (a pseudonym for Laural Willson), whose book, Satan's Underground, had to be withdrawn by its publisher after being exposed as a fraud by Cornerstone magazine. …show more content…
Encyclopedia of urban legends. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 2012. Accessed January 12, 2018. https://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/abcul/satanic_panic/0.
Hunter, James. "Interpreting the Satanic Legend." Journal of Religion and Health 37, no. 3 (1998): 249-63. http://www.jstor.org/stable/27511261. Accessed 12 Jan. 2018.
Janisse, Kier-La, and Paul Corupe. Satanic panic: pop-cultural paranoia in the 1980s. England, UK: Fab Press, 2016.
Jenny Reichert, and James T. Richardson. "Decline of a Moral Panic: A Social Psychological and Socio-Legal Examination of the Current Status of Satanism." Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 16, no. 2 (2012): 47-63. doi:10.1525/nr.2012.16.2.47. Accessed 12 Jan. 2018
Medway, Gareth J. “Lure of the Sinister: The Unnatural History of Satanism.” Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions 8, no. 1 (2004): 114-15. Doi:10.1525/nr.2004.8.1.114. Accessed 12 Jan. 2018
Selk, Avi. "Falsely accused of satanic horrors, a couple spent 21 years in prison. Now they're owed millions." Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2017. U.S. History in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/A501669607/UHIC?u=newt33422&xid=8d39b0d5. Accessed 12 Jan.