The Invention of Satanism
- ISBN-10
- 0190277505
- ISBN-13
- 9780190277505
- Category
- Satanism
- Pages
- 254
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015
- Authors
- James R. Lewis, Asbjørn Dyrendal, Jesper Aagaard Petersen
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