182
Views
9
CrossRef citations to date
0
Altmetric
Original Articles

Fundamentalist religion and the moral crusade against Satanism: The social construction of deviant behavior

Pages 305-334 | Received 26 Jan 1994, Accepted 11 Feb 1994, Published online: 18 May 2010

References

  • Alexander , David . 1990 . “Giving the Devil More Than His Due.” . The Humanist , 5–14 March/April : 34
  • Alexander , David . 1991 . “Still Giving the Devil More than His Due.” . The Humanist , 22–33 Sept/Oct : 42
  • Ammerman , Nancy T. 1987 . Bible believers: Fundamentalists in the Modern World. , New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press .
  • Balch , Robert W. and Gilliam , Margaret . 1991 . “Devil Worship in Western Montana: A Case Study in Rumor Construction.” . In The Satanism Scare , Edited by: Richardson , J. T. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. G. 237 – 262 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • Bartholomew , Robert E. 1990 . “Ethnocentricity and the Social Construction of ‘Mass Hysteria.’ “ . Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry , 14 : 455 – 495 .
  • Becker , Howard . 1963 . Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviant Behavior. , New York : Free Press .
  • Bennett , David H. 1988 . The Party of Fear: From Nativist Movements to the New Right in American History. , Chapel Hill, NC : University of North Carolina Press .
  • Ben‐Yehuda , Nachman . 1981 . “The European Witch Craze of the 14th to 16th Centuries: A Sociologist's Perspective.” . American Journal of Sociology , 86 : 1 – 31 .
  • _____ . 1990 . The Politics and Morality of Deviance. , Albany, NY : State University of New York Press .
  • Bergesen , Albert J. 1977 . “Political Witch Hunts: The Sacred and the Subversive in Cross‐National Perspective.” . American Sociological Review , 42 : 220 – 233 .
  • Best , Joel , ed. 1989 . Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems. , New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • Best , Joel and Horiuchi , Gerald T. 1985 . “The Razor Blade in the Apple; The Social Construction of Urban Legends.” . Social Problems , 32 : 488 – 499 .
  • Bottoms , Bette L. , Shaver , Philip R. and Goodman , Gail . Profile of Ritualistic and Religion‐Related Abuse Allegations Reported to Clinical Psychologists in the United States . Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association . August ,
  • Brennan , Joseph . 1990 . The Kingdom of Darkness. , Lafayette, LA : Arcadian House Publishing .
  • Bromley , David . 1991a . “The Satanic Cult Scare.” . Society , May/June : 55 – 66 .
  • _____ . 1991 B . “ Satanism: The New Cult Scare ” . In The Satanism scare , Edited by: Richardson , J. T. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. G. 49 – 74 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • _____ . The Satanism Scare in the United States . Paper presented at the conference on The challenge of magic: spiritualism, satanism and occultism in contemporary societies . Lyon, France. April ,
  • Campion‐Vincent , Veronique . 1990 . “The Baby‐Parts Story: A New Latin American Legend.” . Western Folklore , 49 : 9 – 26 .
  • Carlson , Shawn , Larue , Gerald , O'Sullivan , Gerry , Masche , April A. and Frew , D. Hudson . 1989 . Satanism in America. , El Cerrito, CA : Gaia Press .
  • 1990 . “Christian Group's Lawsuit Says Reading Series Promotes Witchcraft.” . Education Daily , Dec. 31 : 5
  • Cohn , Norman . 1970 . “The Myth of Satan and his Human Servants.” . In Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations , 3 – 16 . New York : Travistock .
  • _____ . 1975 . Europe's Inner Demons. , New York : New American Library .
  • Conrad , Peter and Schneider , Joseph . 1980 . Deviance and Medicalization. , St. Louis : C. V. Mosby .
  • Coser , Lewis . 1956 . The Functions of Social Conflict. , New York : Free Press .
  • Crouch , Ben M. and Damphousse , Kelly R. 1991 . “ Law enforcement and the satanic crime connection: a survey of ‘cult cops’ ” . In The Satanism Scare, , Edited by: Richardson , J. T. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. 191 – 217 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • _____ . 1992 . “Newspapers and the Antisatanism Movement: A Content Analysis.” . Sociological Spectrum , 12 : 1 – 20 .
  • Currie , Elliot . 1968 . “Crimes Without Criminals: Witchcraft and Its Control in Renaissance Europe.” . Law and Society Review. , 3 : 7 – 32 .
  • Degh , Linda and Vazonsyi , Andrew . 1983 . “Does the Word ‘Dog’ Bite? Ostensive Action: A Means of Legend Telling.” . Journal of Folklore Research. , 20 : 5 – 34 .
  • Ellis , Bill . 1989 . “Death by Folklore: Ostension, Contemporary Legend, and Murder.” . Western Folklore , 48 : 201 – 220 .
  • _____ . 1990 . “Introduction to Special Issue: Contemporary Legends in Emergence.” . Western Folklore , 49 : 1 – 10 .
  • _____ . 1991 . “Legend‐Trips and Satanism: Adolescents’ Ostensive Traditions as ‘Cult’ Activity.” . In The Satanism Scare, , Edited by: Richardson , J. T. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. G. 279 – 296 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • Feree , Myra Marx and Miller , Frederick D. 1985 . “Meaning and Mobilization: Toward an Integration of Social Psychological and Resource Perspectives on Social Movements.” . Sociological Inquiry , 55 : 38 – 61 .
  • January 1994 . “ (3401 Market Street, Suite 130, Philadelphia, PA 19104) ” . In False Memory Foundation Newsletter January ,
  • “Girl Tells Court in Satanic Trial of Blood Ritual.” . Los Angeles Times , March 22 : B1 B6
  • Goleman , Daniel . 1991 . Therapists See Religion as Aid, not Illusion . New York Times , Sept. 10 : C1 C8
  • Goode , Erich . 1990 . Deviant Behavior. , (3rd Ed.) , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice‐Hall .
  • _____ . 1992 . Collective Behavior. , Englewood Cliffs, NJ : Prentice‐Hall .
  • Grelen , Jay and Wagar , Kit . 1992 . “IRS May Have the Last Laugh on Comedian.” . The Buffalo News , August 8
  • 1992 . “Groups Unite to Ban Textbooks.” . In Freedom Writer , Vol. 8 , 1 – 2 . Great Barrington, MA : Institute for First Amendment Studies .
  • Gusfield , Joseph . 1967 . “Moral Passage: The Symbolic Process in Public Designations of Deviance.” . Social Problems. , Fall : 175 – 188 .
  • Hicks , Robert . 1991 . In Pursuit of Satan: The Police and the Occult. , Buffalo, NY : Prometheus Press .
  • Jenkins , Philip . 1992 . Intimate Enemies: Moral Panics in Contemporary Great Britain , New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • Jenkins , Philip and Maier‐Katkin , Daniel . 1992 . “Satanism: Myth and Reality in a Contemporary Moral Panic.” . Crime, Law and Social Change , 17 : 53 – 75 .
  • Johnston , Jerry . 1989 . The Edge of Evil. , Dallas : Word Publishing .
  • 1991 . “Jurors Hear Lurid Testimony in Abuse Case.” . Orange County Register , March 23 : A1 A14
  • 1991 . “Jury Splits Its Verdict in Cult Trial.” . Los Angeles Times , April 13 : A1 A12
  • Kaye , Maribeth and Klein , Lawrence . Clinical Indicators of Satanic Cult Victimization . Paper presented to the Fourth International Conference on Multiple Personality/Dissociation . Chicago. October ,
  • 1990 . “La. Priest Presses Fight Against Satanic Cults.” . New Orleans Times Picayune , Jan. 20
  • Larson , Bob . 1989 . Satanism: The Seduction of America's Youth. , Nashville : Thomas Nelson .
  • Lechner , Frank . 1990 . “Fundamentalism Revisited.” . In In Cods We Trust, , Edited by: Robbins , Thomas and Anthony , Dick . 77 – 97 . New Brunswick, NJ : Transaction Press .
  • Lippert , Randy . 1990 . “The Social Construction of Satanism as a Social Problem in Canada.” . Canadian Journal of Sociology , 15 : 417 – 439 .
  • Marsden , George M. 1991 . Understanding Fundamentalism and Evangeli‐cism. , Grand Rapids, Michigan : Wm. B. Eerdmans .
  • Marty , Martin . 1987 . “Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon.” . In Piety and Politics, , Edited by: Neuhaus , Richard and Cromate , Michael . 303 – 320 . Washington, DC : Ethics and Public Policy Center .
  • McAdam , Doug , McCarthy , John D. and Zald , Mayer N. 1988 . “Social Movements.” . In Handbook of Sociology. , 695 – 737 . Newbury Park, CA : Sage .
  • Mendenhall , Deborah . 1990 . “Nightmarish Textbooks Await Your Kids.” . Focus on the Family—Citizen , 4 Sept. 17 : 1 – 7 .
  • _____ . 1991a . “Chasing Impressions Out of the Schools.” . Focus on the Family—Citizen , Jan. 21 : 5
  • _____ . 1991b . “The Secret Campaign Against Parents.” . Focus on the Family—Citizen , Feb. 18 : 1 – 5 .
  • Moore , R. I. 1987 . The Formation of a Persecuting Society. , Cambridge, MA : Basil Blackwell .
  • Morin , Edgar . 1971 . Rumour in Orleans. , New York : Random House .
  • Mulhern , Sherrill . 1991 . “Satanism and Psychotherapy: A Rumor in Search of an Inquisition.” . In The Satanism Scare, , Edited by: Richardson , J. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. 145 – 172 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • Nathan , Debbie . 1991 . “Satanism and Child Molestation: Constructing the Ritual Abuse Scare.” . In The Satanism Scare , Edited by: Richarson , J. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. 75 – 94 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • NEA Report: Human and Civil Rights . May 1991 . More Impressions Attacks Continue Nation‐Wide , May , 3 – 4 . Washington, DC : National Education Association .
  • Passantino , Gretchen , Passantino , Bob and Trott , Jon . 1990 . “Satan's Sideshow: The True Lauren Stratford Story.” . Cornerstone , 18 : 24 – 28 .
  • Peck , M. Scott . 1983 . People of the Lie: The Hope for Healing Human Evil. , New York : Simon and Schuster .
  • Reich , Michael . 1971 . “The Economics of Racism.” . In Problems in Political Economy: An Urban Perspective, , Edited by: Gordon , David M. 107 – 113 . 107 – 113 . Lexington, MA : D.C. Heath .
  • Richardson , James I , Best , Joel and Bromley , David G. , eds. 1991 . The Satanism Scare. , New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • 1991 . “Roe Case Delved Into Ritual Abuse, Repressed Memories and Disorders.” . Orange County Register , A1 April 14 : A26
  • Rowe , Laurel and Cavender , Gary . 1991 . “Cauldrons Bubble, Satan's Trouble, But Witches Are Okay: Media Constructions of Satanism and Witchcraft.” . In The Satanism Scare , Edited by: Richardson , J. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. 263 – 278 . New York : Aldine de Gruyter .
  • 1991 . “Satanic Abuse: Truth or Modern Legend.” . Orange County Register , March 25 : A1 A14
  • Schoeneman , Thomas J. 1975 . “The Witch Hunt as a Culture Change Phenomenon.” . Ethos , 3 : 529 – 554 .
  • Scott , Marvin B. and Lyman , Stanford M. 1968 . “Accounts.” . American Journal of Sociology. , 33 : 46 – 62 .
  • Shupe , Anson . The Modern Satanist Scare in Indiana: A Case Study of an Urban Legend in the Heartland, U.S.A. Paper presented to the North Central Sociological Association .
  • Smith , Michele and Pazder , Lawrence . 1980 . Michele Remembers. , New York : Simon and Schuster .
  • Snow , David A. , Rochford , E. Burke Jr. , Worden , Steven K. and Benford , Robert D. 1986 . “Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation.” . American Sociological Review , 51 : 464 – 481 .
  • Stevens , Phillips Jr. 1991 . “ The Demonology of Satanism: An Anthropological View ” . In The Satanism Scare, , Edited by: Richardson , J. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. 21 – 40 . New York : Aldine de Gruyton .
  • Thompson , William . The Cross of Confusion: Social Status and Satanic Panics in Britain 1988–1991 . Paper presented to the American Society of Criminology .
  • Trott , Jon and Hertenstein , Mike . 1992 . “Selling Satan: The Tragic History of Mike Warnke.” . Cornerstone , 21 : 7 – 19 . 30
  • Victor , Jeffrey S. 1989 . “A Rumor‐Panic About a Dangerous Satanic Cult in Western New York.” . New York Folklore , 15 : 23 – 49 .
  • _____ . 1990 . Satanic Cult Rumors as Contemporary Legend . Western Folklore , 49 : 51 – 81 .
  • _____ . 1991 a . “The Dynamics of Rumor‐Panics About Satanic Cults.” . In The Satanism Scare, , Edited by: Richardson , J. , Best , J. and Bromley , D. 221 – 236 . New York : Aldine de Gruyton .
  • _____ . 1991b . Satanic Cult ‘Survivor’ Stories . Skeptical Inquirer , 15 : 274 – 280 .
  • _____ . 1991c . The Satanic Cult Scare and Allegations of Ritual Abuse . Issues in Child Abuse Accusations , 3 : 135 – 143 .
  • _____ . 1992 . “The Search for Scapegoat Deviants.” . The Humanist. , 52 : 10 – 13 .
  • _____ . 1993 . Satanic Panic: The Creation of a Contemporary Legend. , Peru, IL : Open Court Publishing Co .
  • Warnke , Mike , Balsinger , Dave and Jones , Les . 1972 . The Satan Seller. , South Plainfield, NJ : Bridge Publishing .
  • Waterhouse , Rosie . 1990 . Satanic Inquisitors from the Town Hall . The Independent , Oct. 7 : 6
  • Wedge , Thomas W. 1987 . The Satan Hunter. , Canton, OH : Daring Books .
  • Whitley , Glenna . 1991 . “The Seduction of Gloria Grady.” . D Magazine (Dallas) , 45–49 October : 66 – 71 .
  • 1991 . “Witness Denies Defense Allegation in Cult Case.” . Los Angeles Times , April 2
  • 1991 . “Woman Tells Satanic Horror Story to Jury.” . Los Angeles Times , March 22 : A3 A7 A45

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.