Invented religions: imagination, fiction and faith
Auteur :
Cusack, Carole M.
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781032099361
Date de publication :
30 juin 2021
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 cm
Poids :
500 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Utilising contemporary scholarship on secularisation, 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 Sub-Genius, and Jediism. Their continued appeal and success, principally in America but gaining wider