LEADER 04957nam 2200517 450 001 9910793106903321 005 20220526093825.0 010 $a90-04-38202-X 024 7 $a10.1163/9789004382022 035 $a(CKB)4100000006997517 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5570565 035 $a(nllekb)BRILL9789004382022 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5570565 035 $a(OCoLC)1051779579 035 $a(PPN)236622994 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000006997517 100 $a20220526d2018 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aHandbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion /$fAsbjo Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem 210 1$aLeiden :$cBrill,$d[2018] 210 4$d©2018 215 $a1 online resource (xiii, 556 pages) 225 1 $aBrill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion ;$vVolume 17 311 $a90-04-38150-3 327 $tFront Matter -- $tCopyright Page -- $tContents -- $tList of Authors -- $tIntroducing the Field: Conspiracy Theory in, about, and as Religion /$rDavid G. Robertson , Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- $tExplanations -- $tConspiracy Theories and the Study of Religion(s): What We are Talking about, and Why it is Important /$rAsbjørn Dyrendal , Egil Asprem and David G. Robertson -- $tRational Enchantments: Conspiracy Theory between Secular Scepticism and Spiritual Salvation /$rStef Aupers and Jaron Harambam -- $tIs a Belief in Providence the Same as a Belief in Conspiracy? /$rBrian L. Keeley -- $tAre Conspiracy Theories a Surrogate for God? /$rMichael Wood and Karen Douglas -- $tA Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory /$rJoseph E. Uscinski , Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson -- $tCorrespondences -- $tThe Satanism Scare in Apartheid South Africa /$rNicky Falkof -- $t?Trust Me, You Can?t Trust Them?: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies /$rAmanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Suzanne Newcombe -- $tPopular Music, Conspiracy Culture, and the Sacred /$rChristopher Partridge -- $tClose Companions? Esotericism and Conspiracy Theories /$rEgil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- $tThe Counter-Elite: Strategies of Authority in Millennial Conspiracism /$rDavid G. Robertson -- $tLocations -- $tBuddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past /$rSven Bretfeld -- $tBuddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts /$rIselin Frydenlund -- $tIslamism and the Instrumentalisation of Conspiracism /$rWillow J. Berridge -- $tAnti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist Conspiracism in the Arab World: Historical and Political Roots /$rBarbara De Poli -- $tA Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology /$rCecilie Endresen -- $tWas Aristotle an Anti-Semitic Alien? Conspiracy Theory, Ufology, and the Colonisation of the Past in Contemporary Greece /$rTao T. Makeeff -- $tThe Role of Conspiracy Theory in the Aum Shinrikyo Incident /$rTsuji Ryutaro -- $tFraming of a Conspiracy Theory: The Efendi Series /$rTurkay Nefes -- $tThe Third Rome Against the Third Temple: Apocalypticism and Conspiracism in Post-Soviet Russia /$rMichael Hagemeister -- $tAlexander Dugin: Between Eschatology, Esotericism, and Conspiracy Theory /$rVictor Shnirelman -- $tConspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu /$rPaul Jackson -- $tEvil Cult or Persecuted Minority? Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Falun Gong and the Government of the People?s Republic of China /$rHelen Farley -- $tThe Messiah is a Salesman, Yet Consumerism is a Con(spiracy): The Church of the SubGenius, Work, and the Pursuit of Slack as a Spiritual Ideal /$rCarole M. Cusack -- $tAfterword: Further Reflections, Future Directions /$rEgil Asprem , David G. Robertson and Asbjørn Dyrendal -- $tBack Matter -- $tIndex. 330 $aConspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s). Bringing together experts from a wide range of disciplines, from psychology and philosophy to political science and the history of religions, the book sets the standard for the interdisciplinary study of religion and conspiracy theories. 410 0$aBrill handbooks on contemporary religion ;$vVolume 17. 606 $aCults 606 $aConspiracy theories 615 0$aCults. 615 0$aConspiracy theories. 676 $a291 700 $aDyrendal$b Asbjo$01562429 702 $aRobertson$b David G$g(David George), 702 $aAsprem$b Egil 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793106903321 996 $aHandbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion$93830032 997 $aUNINA