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1 online resource (viii, 179 pages) : illustration |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Ashgate new religions |
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Ashgate new religions.
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ACLS Humanities E-Book.
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| Note |
Originally published 2010 by Ashgate Publishing. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index. |
| Contents |
1. The contemporary context of invented religions -- 2. Discordianism : chaos is a goddess -- 3. The Church of All Worlds : science fiction, environmentalism, and a holistic pagan vision -- 4. The Church of the SubGenius : science fiction mythos, culture jamming, and the sacredness of slack -- 5. Third millennium invented religions : Jediism, Matrixism, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- Conclusion : imagination, fiction, and faith revisited. |
| Summary |
"Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the SubGenius, and Jediism. Their continued appeal and success, principally in America but gaining wider audience through the 1980s and 1990s, is chiefly as a result of underground publishing and the internet. This book deals with immensely popular subject matter: Jediism developed from George Lucas' Star Wars films; the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, founded by 26-year-old student Bobby Henderson in 2005 as a protest against the teaching of Intelligent Design in schools; Discordianism, and the Church of the SubGenius which retain strong followings and participation rates among college students. The Church of All Worlds' focus on Gaia theology and environmental issues makes it a popular focus of attention. The continued success of these groups of Invented Religions provides a unique opportunity to explore the nature of late/post-modern religious forms, including the use of fiction as part of a bricolage for spirituality, identity-formation, and personal orientation."--Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2024. EPUB file. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) |
| Note |
All rights reserved. |
| Subject |
Cults -- History -- 20th century.
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Religion and sociology -- History -- 20th century.
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Satire -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century.
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Cults -- History -- 21st century.
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Religion and sociology -- History -- 21st century.
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Satire -- Religious aspects -- History -- 21st century.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
American Council of Learned Societies, issuing body.
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| In: |
ACLS Humanities E-Book. http://www.humanitiesebook.org/ |
| ISBN |
1315589699 (e-book ; PDF) |
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9781317113256 (ePub ebook) |
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131711325X |
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9781317113263 (PDF ebook) |
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9781317113249 (Mobipocket ebook) |
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1317113241 (Mobipocket ebook) |
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1317113268 |
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9781317113263 |
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9780754667803 (hardback) 0754667804 (hardback) |
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1282743597 |
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9781282743595 |
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0754693600 |
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9780754693604 |
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9786612743597 |
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661274359X |
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9781315589695 (ebk) |
| Standard No. |
heb40206 hdl |
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