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Controversial new religions / / edited by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen
| Controversial new religions / / edited by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (495 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Soggetto topico | Cults |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-19-939436-9
1-306-87267-7 0-19-025824-1 0-19-931532-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART ONE: Western Religious Traditions; 1 A Family for the Twenty-first Century; James Chancellor; 2 The Unification Church; Sarah M. Lewis; 3 The Controversies about Peoples Temple and Jonestown; Rebecca Moore; 4 The Branch Davidians; Eugene V. Gallagher; 5 Charismatic Controversies in the Jesus People, Calvary Chapel, and Vineyard Movements; Jane Skjoldli; 6 Kabbalah Centre: marketing and meaning; Jody Myers; 7 Controversial Afro-American Muslim Organizations; Göran Larsson; PART TWO: Asian and Asian-Inspired Traditions
8 The Earth School: the movement of spiritual inner awarenessJames R. Lewis; 9 Contested Genealogies and Cross-Cultural Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement; Malcolm Haddon; 10 Transcendental Meditation, the Art of Living Foundation, and Public Relations: from psychedelic romanticismto science and schism; Inga B. Tøllefsen; 11 Controversy, Cultural Influence, and the Osho/Rajneesh Movement; Marion S. Goldman; 12 Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Incident: a critical introduction; Martin Repp; 13 Falun Gong: a narrative of pending apocalypse, shape-shifting aliens, and relentless persecutio n Helen FarleyPART THREE: Western Esoteric and New Age Groups; 14 Scientology: the making of a religion; Kjersti Hellesøy; 15 The Church Universal and Triumphant: controversy, change, and continuance; Jocelyn H. DeHaas; 16 The Order of the Solar Temple; Henrik Bogdan; 17 New Age Spiritualities; Siv Ellen Kraft; 18 Contemporary Paganism; Manon Hedenborg-White; 19 Popularity of-and Controversy in-Contemporary Shamanism; Anne Kalvig; PART FOUR: Other Groups and Movements; 20 "Come on up, and I will show thee": heaven's gate as a postmodern group; George D. Chryssides 21 "Those who came from the sky": ancient astronauts and creationismin the raëlian religionErik A. W. Östling; 22 Wolf Age Pagans; Mattias Gardell; 23 Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: the matter of modern satanism; Jesper Aa. Petersen; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910464840203321 |
| New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Controversial new religions / / edited by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen
| Controversial new religions / / edited by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (495 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Soggetto topico | Cults |
| ISBN |
0-19-939436-9
1-306-87267-7 0-19-025824-1 0-19-931532-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART ONE: Western Religious Traditions; 1 A Family for the Twenty-first Century; James Chancellor; 2 The Unification Church; Sarah M. Lewis; 3 The Controversies about Peoples Temple and Jonestown; Rebecca Moore; 4 The Branch Davidians; Eugene V. Gallagher; 5 Charismatic Controversies in the Jesus People, Calvary Chapel, and Vineyard Movements; Jane Skjoldli; 6 Kabbalah Centre: marketing and meaning; Jody Myers; 7 Controversial Afro-American Muslim Organizations; Göran Larsson; PART TWO: Asian and Asian-Inspired Traditions
8 The Earth School: the movement of spiritual inner awarenessJames R. Lewis; 9 Contested Genealogies and Cross-Cultural Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement; Malcolm Haddon; 10 Transcendental Meditation, the Art of Living Foundation, and Public Relations: from psychedelic romanticismto science and schism; Inga B. Tøllefsen; 11 Controversy, Cultural Influence, and the Osho/Rajneesh Movement; Marion S. Goldman; 12 Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Incident: a critical introduction; Martin Repp; 13 Falun Gong: a narrative of pending apocalypse, shape-shifting aliens, and relentless persecutio n Helen FarleyPART THREE: Western Esoteric and New Age Groups; 14 Scientology: the making of a religion; Kjersti Hellesøy; 15 The Church Universal and Triumphant: controversy, change, and continuance; Jocelyn H. DeHaas; 16 The Order of the Solar Temple; Henrik Bogdan; 17 New Age Spiritualities; Siv Ellen Kraft; 18 Contemporary Paganism; Manon Hedenborg-White; 19 Popularity of-and Controversy in-Contemporary Shamanism; Anne Kalvig; PART FOUR: Other Groups and Movements; 20 "Come on up, and I will show thee": heaven's gate as a postmodern group; George D. Chryssides 21 "Those who came from the sky": ancient astronauts and creationismin the raëlian religionErik A. W. Östling; 22 Wolf Age Pagans; Mattias Gardell; 23 Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: the matter of modern satanism; Jesper Aa. Petersen; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786686803321 |
| New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Controversial new religions / / edited by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen
| Controversial new religions / / edited by James R. Lewis, Jesper Aa. Petersen |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (495 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Soggetto topico | Cults |
| ISBN |
0-19-939436-9
1-306-87267-7 0-19-025824-1 0-19-931532-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; PART ONE: Western Religious Traditions; 1 A Family for the Twenty-first Century; James Chancellor; 2 The Unification Church; Sarah M. Lewis; 3 The Controversies about Peoples Temple and Jonestown; Rebecca Moore; 4 The Branch Davidians; Eugene V. Gallagher; 5 Charismatic Controversies in the Jesus People, Calvary Chapel, and Vineyard Movements; Jane Skjoldli; 6 Kabbalah Centre: marketing and meaning; Jody Myers; 7 Controversial Afro-American Muslim Organizations; Göran Larsson; PART TWO: Asian and Asian-Inspired Traditions
8 The Earth School: the movement of spiritual inner awarenessJames R. Lewis; 9 Contested Genealogies and Cross-Cultural Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement; Malcolm Haddon; 10 Transcendental Meditation, the Art of Living Foundation, and Public Relations: from psychedelic romanticismto science and schism; Inga B. Tøllefsen; 11 Controversy, Cultural Influence, and the Osho/Rajneesh Movement; Marion S. Goldman; 12 Aum Shinrikyo and the Aum Incident: a critical introduction; Martin Repp; 13 Falun Gong: a narrative of pending apocalypse, shape-shifting aliens, and relentless persecutio n Helen FarleyPART THREE: Western Esoteric and New Age Groups; 14 Scientology: the making of a religion; Kjersti Hellesøy; 15 The Church Universal and Triumphant: controversy, change, and continuance; Jocelyn H. DeHaas; 16 The Order of the Solar Temple; Henrik Bogdan; 17 New Age Spiritualities; Siv Ellen Kraft; 18 Contemporary Paganism; Manon Hedenborg-White; 19 Popularity of-and Controversy in-Contemporary Shamanism; Anne Kalvig; PART FOUR: Other Groups and Movements; 20 "Come on up, and I will show thee": heaven's gate as a postmodern group; George D. Chryssides 21 "Those who came from the sky": ancient astronauts and creationismin the raëlian religionErik A. W. Östling; 22 Wolf Age Pagans; Mattias Gardell; 23 Carnal, Chthonian, Complicated: the matter of modern satanism; Jesper Aa. Petersen; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822170603321 |
| New York, [New York] : , : Oxford University Press, , 2014 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cults and new religions : a brief history / / Douglas E. Cowan, Renison College, University of Waterloo, David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University
| Cults and new religions : a brief history / / Douglas E. Cowan, Renison College, University of Waterloo, David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Autore | Cowan Douglas E. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (477 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Collana | Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion |
| Soggetto topico |
Religions
Cults |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-118-72350-3
1-118-72349-X |
| Classificazione | REL020000 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Table of Contents; Title page; Preface to the Second Edition; List of Text Boxes; Chapter 1: Cults and New Religions: A Primer; The Range of New Religious Movements; Controversy and the Popular Perception of New Religious Movements; Further Reading on New Religious Movements; Chapter 2: The Church of Scientology: The Question of Religion; L. Ron Hubbard and the Origins of Scientology; Beliefs and Practices of the Church of Scientology; The Organizational Structure of the Church of Scientology; The Church of Scientology and the Question of Religion; Researching Scientology
Further Reading on the Church of ScientologyChapter 3: Transcendental Meditation: The Questions of Science and Therapy; Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and the Arrival of Transcendental Meditation; Beliefs and Practices of Transcendental Meditation; The Growth and Development of Transcendental Meditation; Transcendental Meditation: The Questions of Science and Therapy; Researching Transcendental Meditation; Further Reading on Transcendental Meditation; Chapter 4: Ramtha and the New Age: The Question of "Dangerous Cult"; Who Is JZ Knight and Who Is Ramtha? History and Development of Ramtha's School of EnlightenmentBeliefs and Practices of Ramtha's School of Enlightenment; RSE and the Question of the 'Dangerous Cult'; Researching Ramtha; Further Reading on the New Age Movement; Chapter 5: The Unification Church/The Family Federation: The Brainwashing/Deprogramming Controversy; Sun Myung Moon: Savior from the East; Doctrinal Beliefs and Ritual Practices of the Unification Church; The Growth and Organization of the Unification Church outside Korea; Brainwashing, Deprogramming, and the Unification Church; Researching the Unification Church Further Reading on the Unification ChurchChapter 6: The Children of God/The Family International: The Issue of Sexuality; Mo: David Berg and the Origins of the Children of God; Social Organization of the Children of God/The Family; Beliefs, Rituals, and Practices of the Children of God/The Family; The Children of God/The Family and the Issue of Sexuality; Researching the Children of God/The Family; Further Reading on the Children of God/The Family; Chapter 7: The Branch Davidians: The Question of Cults, Media, and Violence - Part I; The Historical Development of the Branch Davidians Beliefs and Practices of the Branch Davidians under David KoreshThe Siege at Waco and the Problem of Mass Media; Researching the Branch Davidians; Further Reading on the Branch Davidians; Chapter 8: Heaven's Gate: The Question of Cults and Violence - Part II; Ti, Do, and the Origins of Heaven's Gate; Beliefs and Practices of Heaven's Gate; Recruitment and Social Organization in Heaven's Gate; The Evolutionary Level Above Human: New Religions, Violence, and the Media; Researching Heaven's Gate; Further Reading on UFO Groups; Chapter 9: Wicca and Witchcraft: Confronting Age-old Cultural Fears Gerald Gardner and the Origins of Modern Witchcraft |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460262103321 |
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| Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cults and new religions : a brief history / / Douglas E. Cowan, Renison College, University of Waterloo, David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University
| Cults and new religions : a brief history / / Douglas E. Cowan, Renison College, University of Waterloo, David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Autore | Cowan Douglas E. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 pages) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Collana | Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion |
| Soggetto topico |
Religions
Cults |
| ISBN |
1-118-72350-3
1-118-72349-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795942703321 |
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Cowan Douglas E.
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| Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Cults and new religions : a brief history / / Douglas E. Cowan, Renison College, University of Waterloo, David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University
| Cults and new religions : a brief history / / Douglas E. Cowan, Renison College, University of Waterloo, David G. Bromley, Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Autore | Cowan Douglas E. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (246 pages) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Collana | Wiley Blackwell Brief Histories of Religion |
| Soggetto topico |
Religions
Cults |
| ISBN |
1-118-72350-3
1-118-72349-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808580403321 |
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| Chichester, England ; ; Malden, Massachusetts : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine
| Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Collana | Religion and Its Others |
| Soggetto topico |
Secularism
Postsecularism Religion |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-61451-931-5
1-61451-675-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age -- The Fall of the Sparrow: On Axial Religion and Secularization as the Goal of History -- Mid-Nineteenth-Century British Secularism and its Contemporary Post-Secular Implications -- Secularism as a Positive Position -- Religion and Post-Secularity: New Perspectives on the Public Sphere -- Religious Education in Habermasian Post-Secular Societies -- We (In India) Have Always Been Post-Secular -- The Troubles of An Unrepentant Secularist -- Atheists in Foxholes -- Secularism and ‘Gazetted’ Holidays in India -- Muslim Secularisms in the European Context -- Education and Religious Minorities in Turkey: the Story behind the Introduction of Compulsory Religion Courses -- The Historical Relationship between Religion and Government in Rwanda -- Secularism from Below: On the Bolivarian Revolution -- Post-secular Expertise and American Foreign Policy -- When the Secular is Sacred: The Memorial Hall to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre and the Gettysburg National Military Park as Pilgrimage Sites -- Porous Persons: The Politics of a Nonreligious Japanese NGO -- Circulations of the Sacred: Contemporary Art as “Cultural” Catholicism in 21st Century Paris -- “A Deeply Held Religious Faith, and I Don’t Care What It Is:” American Anti-Atheism as Nativism -- The Myth of Secularism in America -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460889303321 |
| Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine
| Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Collana | Religion and Its Others |
| Soggetto topico |
Secularism
Postsecularism Religion |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Secularism
global post-secularism religion |
| ISBN |
1-61451-931-5
1-61451-675-8 |
| Classificazione | BE 9020 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age -- The Fall of the Sparrow: On Axial Religion and Secularization as the Goal of History -- Mid-Nineteenth-Century British Secularism and its Contemporary Post-Secular Implications -- Secularism as a Positive Position -- Religion and Post-Secularity: New Perspectives on the Public Sphere -- Religious Education in Habermasian Post-Secular Societies -- We (In India) Have Always Been Post-Secular -- The Troubles of An Unrepentant Secularist -- Atheists in Foxholes -- Secularism and ‘Gazetted’ Holidays in India -- Muslim Secularisms in the European Context -- Education and Religious Minorities in Turkey: the Story behind the Introduction of Compulsory Religion Courses -- The Historical Relationship between Religion and Government in Rwanda -- Secularism from Below: On the Bolivarian Revolution -- Post-secular Expertise and American Foreign Policy -- When the Secular is Sacred: The Memorial Hall to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre and the Gettysburg National Military Park as Pilgrimage Sites -- Porous Persons: The Politics of a Nonreligious Japanese NGO -- Circulations of the Sacred: Contemporary Art as “Cultural” Catholicism in 21st Century Paris -- “A Deeply Held Religious Faith, and I Don’t Care What It Is:” American Anti-Atheism as Nativism -- The Myth of Secularism in America -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797783303321 |
| Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine
| Global secularisms in a post-secular age / / edited by Michael Rectenwald, Rochelle Almeida, and George Levine |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (356 p.) |
| Disciplina | 200.9/04 |
| Collana | Religion and Its Others |
| Soggetto topico |
Secularism
Postsecularism Religion |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Secularism
global post-secularism religion |
| ISBN |
1-61451-931-5
1-61451-675-8 |
| Classificazione | BE 9020 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction: Global Secularisms in a Post-Secular Age -- The Fall of the Sparrow: On Axial Religion and Secularization as the Goal of History -- Mid-Nineteenth-Century British Secularism and its Contemporary Post-Secular Implications -- Secularism as a Positive Position -- Religion and Post-Secularity: New Perspectives on the Public Sphere -- Religious Education in Habermasian Post-Secular Societies -- We (In India) Have Always Been Post-Secular -- The Troubles of An Unrepentant Secularist -- Atheists in Foxholes -- Secularism and ‘Gazetted’ Holidays in India -- Muslim Secularisms in the European Context -- Education and Religious Minorities in Turkey: the Story behind the Introduction of Compulsory Religion Courses -- The Historical Relationship between Religion and Government in Rwanda -- Secularism from Below: On the Bolivarian Revolution -- Post-secular Expertise and American Foreign Policy -- When the Secular is Sacred: The Memorial Hall to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre and the Gettysburg National Military Park as Pilgrimage Sites -- Porous Persons: The Politics of a Nonreligious Japanese NGO -- Circulations of the Sacred: Contemporary Art as “Cultural” Catholicism in 21st Century Paris -- “A Deeply Held Religious Faith, and I Don’t Care What It Is:” American Anti-Atheism as Nativism -- The Myth of Secularism in America -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814618503321 |
| Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Handbook of hyper-real religions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Adam Possamai
| Handbook of hyper-real religions [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Adam Possamai |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (456 p.) |
| Disciplina |
200.9/04
200.904 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PossamaiAdam |
| Collana | Brill handbooks on contemporary religion |
| Soggetto topico |
Religion and culture
Popular culture - Religious aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-49594-4
9786613591173 90-04-22694-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material -- Yoda Goes to Glastonbury: An Introduction to Hyper-real . Religions / Adam Possamai -- Hyper-real Religion Performing in Baudrillard’s Integral Reality / Martin Geoffroy -- Occultural Bricolage and Popular Culture: Remix and Art in Discordianism, the Church of the SubGenius, and the Temple of Psychick Youth / Danielle Kirby -- Heaven’s Gate, Science Fiction Religions, and Popular American . Culture / Benjamin E. Zeller -- Brain, Biological Robots and Androids: Prophecies in the Realm . of Science Fiction and Religion / Carly Machado -- “A World Without Rules and Controls, Without Borders or Boundaries”: Matrixism, New Mythologies, and Symbolic Pilgrimages / John W. Morehead -- Alternative Worlds: Metaphysical Questing and Virtual Community amongst the Otherkin / Danielle Kirby -- Real Vampires as an Identity Group: Analyzing Causes and Effects of an Introspective Survey by the Vampire . Community / Joseph Laycock -- The Sanctification of Star Wars: From Fans to Followers / Debbie McCormick -- The Spiritual Milieu Based on J. R. R. Tolkien’s Literary Mythology / Markus Altena Davidsen -- The Road to Hell is Paved with D20s: Evangelical Christianity and Role-playing Gaming / John Walliss -- “An Infinity of Experiences.” Hyper-real Paganism and Real Enchantment in World of Warcraft / Stef Aupers -- Dealing a New Religion: Material Culture, Divination, and Hyper-religious Innovation / Douglas E. Cowan -- Who Is Irma Plavatsky? Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, and the Internationalisation of Popular Culture from the Dime Novel to The Da Vinci Code / Massimo Introvigne -- The Gods on Television: Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan, Politics and . Popular Piety in Late Twentieth-century India / Carole M. Cusack -- Hinduism and Hyper-reality / Heinz Scheifinger -- Poetic Jihadis: Muslim Youth, Hip-hop and the Homological . Imagination / Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir -- Playing for Christ: Christians and Computer Games / Lauren Bernauer -- Some Angel Some Devil: Harry Potter vs. The Roman Catholic . Church in Poland / Krzysztof Olechnicki -- Contemporary Atheism as Hyper-real Irreligion: The Enchantment . of Science and Atheism in This Cosmos / Alan Nixon -- Fantasy, Conspiracy and the Romantic Legacy: Max Weber and . the Spirit of Contemporary Popular Culture / Johan Roeland , Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman -- Conclusion: The Future of Hyper-real Religions? / Adam Possamai -- Contributors’ Biographies -- Index. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462652903321 |
| Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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