Jesper Aagaard Petersen
+4773598312
+4747398511
Rom 311 i E.C. Dahls gate 10, Kalvskinnet, Trondheim
About
My background is in Religious Studies. My work is primarily in the fields of contemporary religion in the West, Religious Education, and theory and methodology. I am specialized in modern Satanism and alternative currents, RE as theory and practice, and the study of religion in general.
Current fields of interest include
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Conspiracy thinking in school and society (I co-manage the research group KONSPISK)
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Science as replacement religion, including teacher values in school, secularity and non-religion, secular apocalypses
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the academization of Religious Education
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transgressive art and religion
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religion and popular culture
Competencies
- Apokalypse og dommedag
- Discourse analysis
- Discursive practice
- Esotericism
- Faith and Science
- Internet
- New Age
- New Religious Movements
- Occultism
- Religion and popular culture
- Religious education
- Satanism
- Science Studies
- Social science methods
- Syncretism
- Theory in the science of religions
- konspirasjonsteori
Research
My background is in Religious Studies. My work is primarily in the fields of contemporary religion in the West, Religious Education, and theory and methodology. I am specialized in modern Satanism and alternative currents, RE as theory and practice, and the study of religion in general.
Current fields of interest include
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Conspiracy thinking in school and society (I co-manage the research group KONSPISK)
-
Science as replacement religion, including teacher values in school, secularity and non-religion, secular apocalypses
-
the academization of Religious Education
-
transgressive art and religion
-
religion and popular culture
I am currently associated with the following research groups:
Publications
2024
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2024)
Konspirasjonsteorier og kritisk tenkning.
Non-fiction chapter
2022
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2022)
Are Pagans and Satanists Really Atheists?.
Non-fiction chapter
2020
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Løset, Sveinung;
Oestvang, Janne;
Pedersen, Eilif;
Mathisen, Karina;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Kummen, Jon;
Pukstad, Brita;
Lohndal, Terje;
Penner, Angelina;
Christensen, Idd Andrea.
(2020)
Rapport om utvidelse av forskerlinjer ved NTNU.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Research report
2019
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2019)
Religionsfag distribuert som meningsskapende mulighet i en flerfaglig praksis.
Academic chapter
2016
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2016)
Satanism in Denmark.
Academic chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Holt, Cimminnee.
(2016)
Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions.
Academic chapter
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Dyrendal, Asbjørn;
Lewis, James R;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2016)
The Invention of Satanism.
Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
2015
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2015)
Satanisme i Norge? Å ja, black metal….
religioner.no
Popular science article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2015)
Vantroens fremtid? Om et ikke-troens trosmangfold.
Humanist : tidsskrift for livssynsdebatt
Popular science article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2015)
Contemporary Satanism.
Academic chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2015)
Old Nick on the 'Net: On Satanic Politics.
OUPblog
Popular science article
2014
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Sataniske pikesmykker?.
religioner.no
Popular science article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition: How Fear of the Satanic and Cartoon Exoticism Fueled the Prank of the Century.
Popular science chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: The Matter of Modern Satanism.
Academic chapter
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Faxneld, Per;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism and Gender in Contemporary Satanism.
Academic chapter
2013
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online.
Academic chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
Moderne satanisme: En religionsvidenskabelig rejseparlør.
Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
Professional article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
Da Satan kom til Tromsø.
PluRel - en blogg om religion og samfunn (UiO)
Popular science article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
The Carnival of Dr. LaVey: Articulations of Transgression in Modern Satanism.
Academic chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism.
International Journal for the Study of New Religions
Academic article
2012
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2012)
Satanism.
Academic chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2012)
Goetisk gru. Helvede i populærkulturen.
Kritisk forum for praktisk teologi
Academic article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2012)
The Seeds of Satan: Conceptions of Magic in Contemporary Satanism.
Aries
Academic article
2011
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2011)
"Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression.
Academic chapter
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2011)
Between Darwin and the Devil: Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2010
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2010)
"We demand bedrock knowledge". Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and "esoterizised" secularism.
Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Academic article
2009
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Hjelm, Titus;
Bogdan, Henrik;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2009)
Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: the Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State.
Social Compass
Academic article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2009)
Hypersymmetrisk asymmetri: Distance og engagement som kritiske begreber.
Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
Academic article
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2009)
Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern Satanism.
Academic chapter
2005
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2005)
Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames.
Academic chapter
2002
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2002)
Binary Satanism: The Construction of Community in a Digital World.
Syzygy (Stanford, Calif.)
Academic article
2001
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2001)
Den satans lyst! Kærlighet og sex blant satanister.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article
Journal publications
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2015)
Satanisme i Norge? Å ja, black metal….
religioner.no
Popular science article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Sataniske pikesmykker?.
religioner.no
Popular science article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2015)
Vantroens fremtid? Om et ikke-troens trosmangfold.
Humanist : tidsskrift for livssynsdebatt
Popular science article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2002)
Binary Satanism: The Construction of Community in a Digital World.
Syzygy (Stanford, Calif.)
Academic article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2001)
Den satans lyst! Kærlighet og sex blant satanister.
DIN - Tidsskrift for religion og kultur
Academic article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
Moderne satanisme: En religionsvidenskabelig rejseparlør.
Religion. Tidsskrift for Religionslærerforeningen for Gymnasiet og HF
Professional article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
Da Satan kom til Tromsø.
PluRel - en blogg om religion og samfunn (UiO)
Popular science article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2012)
Goetisk gru. Helvede i populærkulturen.
Kritisk forum for praktisk teologi
Academic article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
Bracketing Beelzebub: Introducing the Academic Study of Satanism.
International Journal for the Study of New Religions
Academic article
-
Hjelm, Titus;
Bogdan, Henrik;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2009)
Nordic Satanism and Satanism Scares: the Dark Side of the Secular Welfare State.
Social Compass
Academic article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2015)
Old Nick on the 'Net: On Satanic Politics.
OUPblog
Popular science article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2010)
"We demand bedrock knowledge". Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and "esoterizised" secularism.
Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion
Academic article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2009)
Hypersymmetrisk asymmetri: Distance og engagement som kritiske begreber.
Chaos - Skandinavisk tidsskrift for religionshistoriske studier
Academic article
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2012)
The Seeds of Satan: Conceptions of Magic in Contemporary Satanism.
Aries
Academic article
Books
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Dyrendal, Asbjørn;
Lewis, James R;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2016)
The Invention of Satanism.
Oxford University Press
Academic monograph
Part of book/report
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2024)
Konspirasjonsteorier og kritisk tenkning.
Non-fiction chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2016)
Satanism in Denmark.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
From Book to Bit: Enacting Satanism Online.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2015)
Contemporary Satanism.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Holt, Cimminnee.
(2016)
Modern Religious Satanism: A Negotiation of Tensions.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2013)
The Carnival of Dr. LaVey: Articulations of Transgression in Modern Satanism.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Dyrendal, Asbjørn.
(2012)
Satanism.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2005)
Modern Satanism: Dark Doctrines and Black Flames.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2011)
"Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Operation Mindfuck, Viking Edition: How Fear of the Satanic and Cartoon Exoticism Fueled the Prank of the Century.
Popular science chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: The Matter of Modern Satanism.
Academic chapter
-
Faxneld, Per;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2014)
Cult of Carnality: Sexuality, Eroticism and Gender in Contemporary Satanism.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2019)
Religionsfag distribuert som meningsskapende mulighet i en flerfaglig praksis.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2009)
Satanists and nuts : the role of schisms in modern Satanism.
Academic chapter
-
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2022)
Are Pagans and Satanists Really Atheists?.
Non-fiction chapter
Report
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Løset, Sveinung;
Oestvang, Janne;
Pedersen, Eilif;
Mathisen, Karina;
Petersen, Jesper Aagaard;
Kummen, Jon;
Pukstad, Brita;
Lohndal, Terje;
Penner, Angelina;
Christensen, Idd Andrea.
(2020)
Rapport om utvidelse av forskerlinjer ved NTNU.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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Petersen, Jesper Aagaard.
(2011)
Between Darwin and the Devil: Modern Satanism as Discourse, Milieu, and Self.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2026
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Conference lectureEikeseth, Unni; Busterud, Lars; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2026) Forskningsbasert undervising mot konspirasjonstenking og desinformasjon. Læringsfestivalen 2026
2019
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2019) “I believe in as much as possible”: Visions of Crowley in early 1970s Danish counterculture. ESSWE7
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2019) Nature and Culture in the Classroom: subjective relevance and cultural reframing in thematic depth learning across subjects. NCRE 2019
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Conference lecture
2018
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard; Nielsen, Carsten Viggo. (2018) Røre i andedammen: Receptionen af dansk ondskabskult 1973-2018. Chaos symposium 2018
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2018) Megapolisomancy: Metaphor and Magic in the Metropolis. Magick, Mysticism and Art
2017
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) Sønner af nordens mørke: Black metal som religion?. Gæsteforelæsning
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Lecture
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) “I believe in as much as possible”: Notes on the reception of A. Crowley in late 1960s Danish counterculture. Academia Ordo Templi Orientis 2017 Conference
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) The Satanic Milieu: Mapping and Modelling Double Deviance. 6th Intl conference of the European Society for the Study of Western Esotericism
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Feature articleØstern, Tone Pernille; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) Ph.d. i kunstnerisk utviklingsarbeid – en philosophiae doctor uten forskning?.
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2017) ”Jeg tror på så meget som muligt”: Tressernes danske modkultur set gennem Ebbe Reich's Eventyret om Alexander 666. Gæsteforelæsning med Jesper Aagaard Petersen
2016
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) Megapolisomantik: Storbyen som magisk rum. CHAOS-symposium 2016: Religion og materialitet
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2016) «When I say Hail Satan, I’m really saying Hail me!»: Satanisk kommunikasjon om og med det demoniske. FINYAR konferanse 2016
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LectureØstern, Tone Pernille; Strømme, Alex; Petersen, Jesper Aagaard; Pettersen, Arnhild Staal; Mea, Luis Della. (2016) Foredraget "Døden - og livet etterpå" som del av FoU-prosjektet 200 milliarder og 1. Kulturnatt Trondheim
2015
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Educating the public: Making sense of popular science television in Norway. IAHR XXI World Congress
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Satans Yngel: Satanismepanik i går, i dag og i morgen. Copenhagen Skeptics in the Pub
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Djävulen under lupp: satanismstudier i går, i dag och i morgon. Högre Seminarium
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) «I fucking love science»: Naturvitenskap som identitetsmarkør på sociale medier. Ungdomsseminariet i Trondheim
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Lecture
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2015) Natur og kultur i klasserommet: Gjensidighet i naturfag og religionsfag?. Et religionsfag for fremtiden
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Lecture
2014
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Lecture
2013
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Ild og is, drager og dæmoner: hverdag og fest på venstrehåndsvejen. Chaossymposium 2013
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) Når kundskab krænker: Religionsfaget mellem værdipolitik og videnskabsfag. NOFA4
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2013) "Nobody likes to be fooled": Negotiating the "alternative" in Norwegian public debate. ESSWE4
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Lecture
2012
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Knacks og know-how: Magisk realisme hos Miéville, Gaiman og Moore. Chaossymposium 2012: Religion og litteratur
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Karneval, knaldperler og kejthåndethed: Autonomi og friktion i moderne satanisme. Religionshistorisk forening
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) En fjern torden: Kristne dommedagsforestillinger på det store lerret. Kosmorama
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2012) Megapolisomancy: Metaphor and Magic in the Metropolis. Here To Go: Art, counterculture and the esoteric
2011
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) I cirkus med Dr. LaVey: Det sataniske miljø og mørke spiritualiteter. Nordisk konferens om forskning om nyreligiøsitet
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) Tro og overtro: Gammel vin på nye flasker?. Tro og overtro med Are Sende Osen
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) Between Darwin and the Devil: A Topography of Modern Satanism. Satanism in the Modern World
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) Orientalisme og gjensidige fiendebilder mellom øst og vest. Kirkefilmfestivalen
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2011) Hvorfor trænger vi folk med kompetence indenfor religionsvidenskab?. IAR Fagdag
2010
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) Sabbath on Angel Dust, Motörhead for zombies: Transgressive Music and the Paradox of Society. Svart helg på Rockheim!
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) The Brute Fact of Feces: Art, shit and the boundaries of society. Støj på landet
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) Slim, snask og svartekunster: Zombien som kulturelt fenomen. Aftenforedrag for Forum Nidrosiae
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2010) Heart of Darkness? The Satanic Milieu as Religioscape. Chaos-symposium: Religion og geografi
2009
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) "Smite him hip and thigh": Satanism, violence and transgression. Satanism in the Modern World
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard; Dyrendal, Asbjørn. (2009) Satanisme: Mellom Darwin og Djevelen. Aftenforedrag ved Forum Nidrosiae
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LecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) Piss, pisk og pentagrammer: Hellfire Clubs mellom djevelskap og guttestreker. Aftenforedrag v. Hellfire Clubs 3-års fødselsdag
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2009) The Devil's Party: Strategies of Continuity, Clash and Consumption in Modern Satanism. Religion, Spirituality and Consumer Culture
2008
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2008) The Third Alternative: Modern Satanism as Conscious Life Design. ESSCS: Forms of Life: Artifice, Emergence, Generation
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2008) "We demand bedrock knowledge": Modern Satanism between secularized esotericism and esotericized secularism. Twenty years and more: Research into minority religions, NRM's and the new spirituality
2007
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Conference lecturePetersen, Jesper Aagaard. (2007) Enacted Satanism: Religion in Hybrid Texts. Plurality and Representation: Religion in Education, Culture and Society