As such, he believes that Contemporary Religious Satanism is not "the perfect reader."

There is also a small case on modern religious Satanism, in which a distinction is drawn between it and modern Pagan witchcraft.

Two prominent figures in religious Satanism, Anton LaVey and Michael Aquino, were also influenced by Crowley's work.

Contemporary Religious Satanism: A Critical Anthology is an academic anthology edited by the Norwegian religious studies scholar Jesper Aa.

Contemporary Religious Satanism was a part of Ashgate's series of books on "Controversial New Religions" alongside tomes devoted to religious movements like Wicca and the Order of the Solar Temple.

Although there were forms of religious Satanism that predated the creation of LaVeyan Satanism - namely those propounded by Stanisław Przybyszewski and Ben Kadosh - these had no unbroken lineage of succession to LaVey's form.