Handbook of hyper-real religions /

Handbook of hyper-real religions / / edited by Adam Possamai.

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Today a new trend is clearly discernable, that of ‘hyper-real religions’. These are innovative religions and spiritualities that mix elements of religious traditions with popular culture. If we imagine a spectrum of intensity of the merging of popular culture with religion, we might find, at one end...

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Superior document:Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, v. 5
TeilnehmendeR:
Possamai, Adam.
Year of Publication:2012
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 5.
Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.)
Notes:Description based upon print version of record.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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