Handbook of new religions and cultural production / / edited by Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman.

• Superior document: Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, v. 4
• TeilnehmendeR: Cusack, Carole M., 1962-; Norman, Alex.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (820 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction /; “Build a House to My Name”: The Idea of the Temple in Mormon History /; Mormon Science Fiction: Tales of Interstellar Exodus and Perfection /; Knock Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Humour and Religion in Mormon Comedy /; Producing Lost Civilisations: Theosophical Concepts in Literature, Visual Media and Popular Culture /; The Agency of the Object: Leadbeater and the Pectoral Cross /; Theosophical Bodies: Colour, Shape and Emotion from Modern Aesthetics to Healing Therapies /; “And the Building Becomes Man”: Meaning and Aesthetics in Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum /; The Anthroposophical Movement and the Waldorf Educational System /; Cosmic Flavour, Spiritual Nutrition?: The Biodynamic Agricultural Method and the Legacy of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy in Viticulture /; Gurdjieff and the Legomonism of ‘Objective Reason’ /; G. I. Gurdjieff’s Piano Music and its Application In and Outside ‘the Work’ /; Gurdjieff’s Sacred Dances and Movements /; From Ouspensky’s ‘Hobby’ to Groundhog Day: The Production and Adaptation of Strange Life of Ivan Osokin /; Paganism-Inspired Folk Music, Folk Music-Inspired Paganism and New Cultural Fusions in Lithuania and Latvia /; Bardic Chairs and the Emergent Performance Practices of Paganism /; Making the Donkey Visible: Discordianism in the Works of Robert Anton Wilson /; ‘When the Gods give us the Power of Ashe’: Caribbean Religions as the Source for Creative Energy /; Candomblé and the Brazilians: The Impact of Art on a Religion’s Success Story /; Identity, Subversion, and Reconstruction ‘Riddims’: Reggae as Cultural Expressions of Rastafarian Theology /; Dancing at the Crossroads of Consciousness: Techno-Mysticism, Visionary Arts and Portugal’s Boom Festival /; Metal and Magic: The Intricate Relation Between the Metal Band Therion and the Magic Order Dragon Rouge /; Battlefield Earth and Scientology: A Cultural/Religious Industry à la Frankfurt School? /; The Bahá’í House of Worship: Localisation and Universal Form /; Constructing the Cornucopia That Is Caodaism: Themes of Cultural Production in an Increasingly Acephalous Milieu /; The Cultural Products of Global Sufism /; Food Practices, Culture, and Social Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement /; The Manifestation of Queer Theology: The Act of “Promulgating Universal Joy and Expiating Stigmatic Guilt” Through the (Re)Inscription of Rituals, Artefacts, Devotional Practices and Place /; Visualizing the Lost Temple and Mapping a Straightening World in Solomon Islands: Two Cultural Products of the Deep Sea Canoe Movement /; Visible Religion, Visible Spirituality: Boundary Management and the Life of Images /; Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1280496053; 9786613591289; 9004226486
• ISSN: 1874-6691
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman.

The cultural products of new religions and spiritualities are frequently ignored or dismissed within academia, often stemming from a hesitation to acknowledge these movements as genuine. This volume explores the impact of new religions upon cultural production, exemplifying the theological and spiritual principles of particular movements and demonstrating their substantial impact on wider society. Contributions explore the realms of music, architecture, food, art, books, films, video games, and more. This scholarship will be of interest to those who wish to explore the gamut of modern religious expression, and those who wish to broaden their knowledge of the spiritual origins of human culture.