Description: Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality : From Popular Culture to Religion, Hardcover by Cusack, Carole M. (EDT); Kosnác, Pavol (EDT), ISBN 1472463021, ISBN-13 9781472463029, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The twentieth century was a period of rapid change for religion. Secularisation resulted in a dramatic fall in church attendance in the West, and the 1950s and 1960s saw the introduction of new religions including the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), the Church of Scientology, and the Children of God. New religions were regarded with suspicion by society in general and Religious Studies scholars alike until the 1990s, when the emergence of a second generation of 'new new' religions – based on popular cultural forms including films, novels, computer games and comic books – and highly individualistic spiritualities confirmed the utter transformation of the religio-spiritual landscape. Indeed, Scientology and ISKCON appeared almost traditional and conservative when compared to the radically de-institutionalised, eclectic, parodic, fun-loving and experimental fiction-based, invented and hyper-real religions. In this book, scholarly treatments of cutting-edge religious and spiritual trends are brought into conversation with contributions by representatives of Dudeism, the Church of All Worlds, the Temple of the Jedi Order and Tolkien spirituality groups. This book will simultaneously entertain, shock, challenge and delight scholars of religious studies, as well as those with a wider interest in new religious movements.
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Book Title: Fiction, Invention and Hyper-reality : From Popular Culture to Re
Number of Pages: 300 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Fiction, Invention and Hyper-Reality : from Popular Culture to Religion
Publisher: Routledge
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2016
Subject: Popular Culture, General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20 Oz
Author: Pavol Kosnáč
Item Length: 9.5 in
Subject Area: Religion, Social Science
Item Width: 6.3 in
Series: Routledge INFORM Series on Minority Religions and Spiritual Movements Ser.
Format: Hardcover
