Lucifer as the Liberator of Woman in Nineteenth-Century Culture
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Köp båda 2 för 1138 krCaroline Tully, Reading Religion Faxneld's book is essential reading for anyone interested in biblical reception, the history of Christianity, Western esotericism, literature, the history of feminism, and history of art. It is also highly recommended for contemporary satanists, witches, and pagansand those who want to understand themas a clear exposition of the history of Satan that consequently sheds light on his relationship to these new religious movements.
Spencer Dew, Denison University / The Ohio State University, Religious Studies Review ... the assemblage here is as provocative for scholarship as the original voices were to their cultures. Consider, for instance, Faxneld's observation that The Woman's Bible was "a project on which several female Theosophists were among the collaborators." This alone should motivate multiple future studies. Anyone interested in the history of feminist thought (and its villainization) should read this book.
Dawn Coleman, History of Religions an authoritative, wide-ranging analysis of a discourse long considered too outlandish to merit much scholarly attention. Bridging literary and religious studies, it reclaims legions of fascinating she-devils to argue persuasively for Satanic feminism as a daring and culturally significant rewriting of Christian myth.
Michele Olzi, Aries Satanic Feminism is strongly recommended to all those interested in understanding the crucial role of Satan in theWestern cultural imagination. ... The author does not restrict himself to a specific focus on Satanism, but interconnects several fields of study, including Western esoteric studies. ... Faxneld's volume goes far beyond prior works on the history of intellectual Satanism.
Per Faxneld obtained his PhD in the History of Religions at Stockholm University in 2014. He was a visiting scholar at Cambridge University in 2015, and is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Mid-Sweden University. He is the author of two monographs on the history of Satanism and has published more than 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on various matters related to Western esotericism.
I: Introduction II: Woman and the Devil: Some Recurring Motifs III: Romantic and Socialist Satanism IV: Theosophical Luciferianism and Feminist Celebrations of Eve V: Satan as the Emancipator of Woman in Gothic Literature VI: Witches as Rebels Against Patriarchy VII: Subversive Satanic Women in Decadent Literature and Art VIII: Lucifer and the Lesbians: Sapphic Satanism IX: Becoming the Demon Woman: Rebellious Role-play X: Mary MacLane's Autobiographic Satanic Feminism XI: Sylvia Townsend Warner's Liberating Devil XII: Conclusions Bibliography