Handbook of hyper-real religions /

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,...

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Other Authors: Possamai, Adam.

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Language: English

Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.

Series: Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion 5.
Brill's Companions to Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy Online I, ISBN: 9789004389434.

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505 0 0 |t Preliminary Material --   |t Yoda Goes to Glastonbury: An Introduction to Hyper-real . Religions /  |r Adam Possamai --   |t Hyper-real Religion Performing in Baudrillard's Integral Reality /  |r Martin Geoffroy --   |t Occultural Bricolage and Popular Culture: Remix and Art in Discordianism, the Church of the SubGenius, and the Temple of Psychick Youth /  |r Danielle Kirby --   |t Heaven's Gate, Science Fiction Religions, and Popular American . Culture /  |r Benjamin E. Zeller --   |t Brain, Biological Robots and Androids: Prophecies in the Realm . of Science Fiction and Religion /  |r Carly Machado --   |t "A World Without Rules and Controls, Without Borders or Boundaries": Matrixism, New Mythologies, and Symbolic Pilgrimages /  |r John W. Morehead --   |t Alternative Worlds: Metaphysical Questing and Virtual Community amongst the Otherkin /  |r Danielle Kirby --   |t Real Vampires as an Identity Group: Analyzing Causes and Effects of an Introspective Survey by the Vampire . Community /  |r Joseph Laycock --   |t The Sanctification of Star Wars: From Fans to Followers /  |r Debbie McCormick --   |t The Spiritual Milieu Based on J. R. R. Tolkien's Literary Mythology /  |r Markus Altena Davidsen --   |t The Road to Hell is Paved with D20s: Evangelical Christianity and Role-playing Gaming /  |r John Walliss --   |t "An Infinity of Experiences." Hyper-real Paganism and Real Enchantment in World of Warcraft /  |r Stef Aupers --   |t Dealing a New Religion: Material Culture, Divination, and Hyper-religious Innovation /  |r Douglas E. Cowan --   |t Who Is Irma Plavatsky? Theosophy, Rosicrucianism, and the Internationalisation of Popular Culture from the Dime Novel to The Da Vinci Code /  |r Massimo Introvigne --   |t The Gods on Television: Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, Politics and . Popular Piety in Late Twentieth-century India /  |r Carole M. Cusack --   |t Hinduism and Hyper-reality /  |r Heinz Scheifinger --   |t Poetic Jihadis: Muslim Youth, Hip-hop and the Homological . Imagination /  |r Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir --   |t Playing for Christ: Christians and Computer Games /  |r Lauren Bernauer --   |t Some Angel Some Devil: Harry Potter vs. The Roman Catholic . Church in Poland /  |r Krzysztof Olechnicki --   |t Contemporary Atheism as Hyper-real Irreligion: The Enchantment . of Science and Atheism in This Cosmos /  |r Alan Nixon --   |t Fantasy, Conspiracy and the Romantic Legacy: Max Weber and . the Spirit of Contemporary Popular Culture /  |r Johan Roeland , Stef Aupers and Dick Houtman --   |t Conclusion: The Future of Hyper-real Religions? /  |r Adam Possamai --   |t Contributors' Biographies --   |t Index. 
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