Satanism is a subject that has always drawn a lot of media attention
as
well as interest from the general public. Scholarly studies of the
subject,
however, have more often focused on socially constructed "Satanic
Panics"
than on Satanism as a religious alternative in itself. Recently,
this has
begun to change, and anthologies such as "Contemporary Religious
Satanism"
(Ed. Jesper A Petersen, Ashgate, 2009) have started to fill the
gaps in
scholarly knowledge concerning Satanism. A further attempt to
remedy the
situation was made when the first ever international scholarly
conference
on Satanism was organized in Trondheim, Norway, in 2009. The
conference was
a great success, and resulted in an anthology that will be
published by
Oxford University Press later this year. In September 2011, we
welcome you
to Stockholm, Sweden for the follow-up to 2009's gathering of
specialists.
Keynote speaker: Marco Pasi
Deadline for abstracts:
May 22, 2011.
Submit your abstract to:
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and
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to both organisers).
Papers dealing with most aspects of Satanism are
welcome (including
Satanism in literature, cinema, etc). However, we
discourage papers
treating "the Satanic panic", "Satanic ritual abuse",
etc, as these themes
have received sufficient scholarly
attention.
Conference fee will be announced later.
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