Children of Lucifer by Ruben Van Luijk
Children of Lucifer tells the history of Satanism, from its earliest conception as polemical construct by the Christian Church to its eventual metamorphosis into an actual practiced religion.
Children of Lucifer is a tour de force and the best book on the historical development of Satanism out there* Lukas Pokorny, Religious Studies Review *
Ruben van Luijk's Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism is the most readable of a current rush of books on Satanism [it's] a highly valuable and immensely enjoyable book. * Numen *
[T]he prose is engaging and would pose little problem for those unfamiliar with the shibboleths of academia...Children of Lucifer is best at exploring the wider field of Satanic discourse, namely the interplay between literature about Satanism and more explicitly religious manifestations of Satanic practice. * Ethan Doyle White, Correspondences *
Van Luijk is an eminent specialist of the Belle Époque, and a master storyteller. All the chapters of his book about late 19th-century France are rich in details nobody else...found before him, and the story is told in such a vivid prose that even those who have no special interest in esotericism or Satanism would find the book extremely entertaining...Van Luijk's book is...indispensable for understanding the Belle Époque and the medieval and early modern precursors of modern Satanism. * Massimo Introvigne, Aries - Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism *
I recommend Children of Lucifer not only for its engrossing history, but also because Luijk engages criticallyproblematizing and theorizing througha vast oeuvre of well-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors, poets, philosophers, theologians, and occultists. This scope will surely appeal to graduate students, literary critics, and scholars of Christianity, Western Esotericism, and New Religious Movements. * Tarryl Janik, Nova Religio *
This book provides sweeping treatment of a fascinating and challenging theme that might well provoke its readers into rethinking the intellectual foundations of Western modernity. * Stephen W. Angell, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
Ruben van Luijk's Children of Lucifer: The Origins of Modern Religious Satanism is the most readable of a current rush of books on Satanism [it's] a highly valuable and immensely enjoyable book. * Numen *
[T]he prose is engaging and would pose little problem for those unfamiliar with the shibboleths of academia...Children of Lucifer is best at exploring the wider field of Satanic discourse, namely the interplay between literature about Satanism and more explicitly religious manifestations of Satanic practice. * Ethan Doyle White, Correspondences *
Van Luijk is an eminent specialist of the Belle Époque, and a master storyteller. All the chapters of his book about late 19th-century France are rich in details nobody else...found before him, and the story is told in such a vivid prose that even those who have no special interest in esotericism or Satanism would find the book extremely entertaining...Van Luijk's book is...indispensable for understanding the Belle Époque and the medieval and early modern precursors of modern Satanism. * Massimo Introvigne, Aries - Journal for the Study of Western Esotericism *
I recommend Children of Lucifer not only for its engrossing history, but also because Luijk engages criticallyproblematizing and theorizing througha vast oeuvre of well-known nineteenth- and twentieth-century authors, poets, philosophers, theologians, and occultists. This scope will surely appeal to graduate students, literary critics, and scholars of Christianity, Western Esotericism, and New Religious Movements. * Tarryl Janik, Nova Religio *
This book provides sweeping treatment of a fascinating and challenging theme that might well provoke its readers into rethinking the intellectual foundations of Western modernity. * Stephen W. Angell, The Journal of the American Academy of Religion *
Ruben van Luijk was born in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Children of Lucifer is based on his research as a PhD student at the Faculty of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University and as a research fellow at Radboud University, Nijmegen. Van Luijk is also active as a photographer, novelist and artist.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780190275105 |
| ISBN 10 | 0190275103 |
| Title | Children of Lucifer |
| Author | Ruben Van Luijk |
| Series | Oxford Studies In Western Esotericism |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 2016-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 632 |
| Prizes | Winner of Winner of the 2017 Best First Book in the History of Religions award by the American Academy of Religion. |
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