Handbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion / / Asbjo Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem.

• Superior document: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion ; Volume 17
• VerfasserIn: Dyrendal, Asbjo,; Robertson, David G.; Asprem, Egil,
• TeilnehmendeR: Robertson, David G.; Asprem, Egil,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Brill,, [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; Volume 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 556 pages).
• Other title: Front Matter --; Copyright Page --; Contents --; List of Authors --; Introducing the Field: Conspiracy Theory in, about, and as Religion /; Explanations --; Conspiracy Theories and the Study of Religion(s): What We are Talking about, and Why it is Important /; Rational Enchantments: Conspiracy Theory between Secular Scepticism and Spiritual Salvation /; Is a Belief in Providence the Same as a Belief in Conspiracy? /; Are Conspiracy Theories a Surrogate for God? /; A Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory /; Correspondences --; The Satanism Scare in Apartheid South Africa /; “Trust Me, You Can’t Trust Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies /; Popular Music, Conspiracy Culture, and the Sacred /; Close Companions? Esotericism and Conspiracy Theories /; The Counter-Elite: Strategies of Authority in Millennial Conspiracism /; Locations --; Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past /; Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts /; Islamism and the Instrumentalisation of Conspiracism /; Anti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist Conspiracism in the Arab World: Historical and Political Roots /; A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology /; Was Aristotle an Anti-Semitic Alien? Conspiracy Theory, Ufology, and the Colonisation of the Past in Contemporary Greece /; The Role of Conspiracy Theory in the Aum Shinrikyo Incident /; Framing of a Conspiracy Theory: The Efendi Series /; The Third Rome Against the Third Temple: Apocalypticism and Conspiracism in Post-Soviet Russia /; Alexander Dugin: Between Eschatology, Esotericism, and Conspiracy Theory /; Conspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu /; Evil Cult or Persecuted Minority? Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Falun Gong and the Government of the People’s Republic of China /; The 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 /; Afterword: Further Reflections, Future Directions /; Back Matter --; Index.
• ISBN: 900438202X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Asbjo Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem.

Conspiracy 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.