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Speak of the Devil
- How the Satanic Temple Is Changing the Way We Talk About Religion
- Narrated by: Thomas Allen
- Length: 9 hrs and 57 mins
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Summary
In 2013, when the state of Oklahoma erected a statue of the Ten Commandments on the grounds of the state capitol, a group calling themselves The Satanic Temple applied to erect a statue of Baphomet alongside the Judeo-Christian tablets. Since that time, The Satanic Temple has become a regular voice in national conversations about religious freedom, disestablishment, and government overreach.
In addition to petitioning for Baphomet to appear alongside another monument of the Ten Commandments in Arkansas, the group has launched campaigns to include Satanic "nativity scenes" on government property in Florida, Michigan, and Indiana, offer Satanic prayers at a high school football game in Seattle, and create "After School Satan" programs in elementary schools that host Christian extracurricular programs. Since their 2012 founding, The Satanic Temple has established nineteen chapters and now claims 100,000 supporters. Is this just a political group perpetuating a series of stunts? Or is it a sincere religious movement?
Speak of the Devil is the first book-length study of The Satanic Temple. Joseph Laycock, a scholar of new religious movements, contends that the emergence of "political Satanism" marks a significant moment in American religious history that will have a lasting impact on how Americans frame debates about religious freedom.
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- Sue Burge
- 28-07-20
Incredible book
Fascinating book. Well written and very interesting.
One of the best books I’ve ever read. Highly recommended
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- Ashleigh E. Jackson
- 27-09-23
Super interesting, well written overview of TST’s journey
Really enjoyed the book and the narration. Provided a really good overview, and details therein, or TST’s beginning and journey.
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- CW.
- 04-05-21
Amazing!
This book was so incredibly eye-opening, I learnt so much from it and it's so well put together, fantastic. I highly recommend it if you're interested in this topic. And the narrator was great!
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- Amazon Customer
- 03-03-24
Hail satan!
a great in depth guide for the political counter movement in the USA holding Christianity and it's dominant presence in law and courts to the standard the law demands.
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- Martin Snow
- 21-11-23
A battle of religious plurality in the U.S?
An interesting tale of TST, on how it became a religion and its humanistic beliefs. While not believing in a literal Satan.
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- Amelia I.
- 02-05-24
Excellent and unbiased review of TST and their relationship with religious pluralism in the US.
Excellent and unbiased review of TST and their relationship with religious pluralism in the US.
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- Amazon Customer
- 20-12-21
hmmm
haven't got all day to nit pick every single issue with this narrative but what I get from the book is that people on the left of the political spectrum wanted their own religion to essentially subvert religious freedoms of any other faith away by claiming they are a religion of people who follow Satan (adversary) opposing people of every other faith whilst then also claiming to be mainly atheistic... so you don't worship Satan as a literal God so you follow adversaries to the communities then and wonder why people are against you, you pit yourselves against them just with the terminology you are using and that is not just Christians but any other faith that has a "Satan" figure, I believe troll is quite accurate and that's coming from someone not in a mainstream religion. seems to me they are just social justice warriors and try hards.
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