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.

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.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction / Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman -- “Build a House to My Name”: The Idea of the Temple in Mormon History / Stephen D. Ricks -- Mormon Science Fiction: Tales of Interstellar Exodus and Perfection / Eric Repphun -- Knock Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Humour and Religion in Mormon Comedy / Elisha McIntyre -- Producing Lost Civilisations: Theosophical Concepts in Literature, Visual Media and Popular Culture / Garry W. Trompf and Lauren Bernauer -- The Agency of the Object: Leadbeater and the Pectoral Cross / Jenny McFarlane -- Theosophical Bodies: Colour, Shape and Emotion from Modern Aesthetics to Healing Therapies / Jay Johnston -- “And the Building Becomes Man”: Meaning and Aesthetics in Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum / Carole M. Cusack -- The Anthroposophical Movement and the Waldorf Educational System / Liselotte Frisk -- Cosmic Flavour, Spiritual Nutrition?: The Biodynamic Agricultural Method and the Legacy of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy in Viticulture / Alex Norman -- Gurdjieff and the Legomonism of ‘Objective Reason’ / Anthony Blake -- G. I. Gurdjieff’s Piano Music and its Application In and Outside ‘the Work’ / Johanna Petsche -- Gurdjieff’s Sacred Dances and Movements / Joseph Azize -- From Ouspensky’s ‘Hobby’ to Groundhog Day: The Production and Adaptation of Strange Life of Ivan Osokin / David Pecotic -- Paganism-Inspired Folk Music, Folk Music-Inspired Paganism and New Cultural Fusions in Lithuania and Latvia / Michael F. Strmiska -- Bardic Chairs and the Emergent Performance Practices of Paganism / Graham Harvey -- Making the Donkey Visible: Discordianism in the Works of Robert Anton Wilson / David G. Robertson -- ‘When the Gods give us the Power of Ashe’: Caribbean Religions as the Source for Creative Energy / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Candomblé and the Brazilians: The Impact of Art on a Religion’s Success Story / Mona Suhrbier -- Identity, Subversion, and Reconstruction ‘Riddims’: Reggae as Cultural Expressions of Rastafarian Theology / Nathaniel Samuel Murrell and Justin Snider -- Dancing at the Crossroads of Consciousness: Techno-Mysticism, Visionary Arts and Portugal’s Boom Festival / Graham St John and Chiara Baldini -- Metal and Magic: The Intricate Relation Between the Metal Band Therion and the Magic Order Dragon Rouge / Kennet Granholm -- Battlefield Earth and Scientology: A Cultural/Religious Industry à la Frankfurt School? / Adam Possamai and Alphia Possamai-Inesedy -- The Bahá’í House of Worship: Localisation and Universal Form / Graham Hassall -- Constructing the Cornucopia That Is Caodaism: Themes of Cultural Production in an Increasingly Acephalous Milieu / Christopher Hartney -- The Cultural Products of Global Sufism / Milad Milani -- Food Practices, Culture, and Social Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement / Benjamin E. Zeller -- 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 / Jason Prior -- Visualizing the Lost Temple and Mapping a Straightening World in Solomon Islands: Two Cultural Products of the Deep Sea Canoe Movement / Jaap Timmer -- Visible Religion, Visible Spirituality: Boundary Management and the Life of Images / Rod Pattenden -- Index.