Handbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion / / 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). B...
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| Superior document: | Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion ; Volume 17 |
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| 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). |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Authors
- Introducing the Field: Conspiracy Theory in, about, and as Religion / David G. Robertson , Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal
- Explanations
- Conspiracy Theories and the Study of Religion(s): What We are Talking about, and Why it is Important / Asbjørn Dyrendal , Egil Asprem and David G. Robertson
- Rational Enchantments: Conspiracy Theory between Secular Scepticism and Spiritual Salvation / Stef Aupers and Jaron Harambam
- Is a Belief in Providence the Same as a Belief in Conspiracy? / Brian L. Keeley
- Are Conspiracy Theories a Surrogate for God? / Michael Wood and Karen Douglas
- A Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory / Joseph E. Uscinski , Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson
- Correspondences
- The Satanism Scare in Apartheid South Africa / Nicky Falkof
- “Trust Me, You Can’t Trust Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies / Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Suzanne Newcombe
- Popular Music, Conspiracy Culture, and the Sacred / Christopher Partridge
- Close Companions? Esotericism and Conspiracy Theories / Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal
- The Counter-Elite: Strategies of Authority in Millennial Conspiracism / David G. Robertson
- Locations
- Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past / Sven Bretfeld
- Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts / Iselin Frydenlund
- Islamism and the Instrumentalisation of Conspiracism / Willow J. Berridge
- Anti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist Conspiracism in the Arab World: Historical and Political Roots / Barbara De Poli
- A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology / Cecilie Endresen
- Was Aristotle an Anti-Semitic Alien? Conspiracy Theory, Ufology, and the Colonisation of the Past in Contemporary Greece / Tao T. Makeeff
- The Role of Conspiracy Theory in the Aum Shinrikyo Incident / Tsuji Ryutaro
- Framing of a Conspiracy Theory: The Efendi Series / Turkay Nefes
- The Third Rome Against the Third Temple: Apocalypticism and Conspiracism in Post-Soviet Russia / Michael Hagemeister
- Alexander Dugin: Between Eschatology, Esotericism, and Conspiracy Theory / Victor Shnirelman
- Conspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu / Paul Jackson
- Evil Cult or Persecuted Minority? Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Falun Gong and the Government of the People’s Republic of China / Helen Farley
- 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 / Carole M. Cusack
- Afterword: Further Reflections, Future Directions / Egil Asprem , David G. Robertson and Asbjørn Dyrendal
- Back Matter
- Index.