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1 online resource (820 pages). |
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Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 4
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Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 4.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgements; Contributors; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part One The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; "Build a House to My Name": The Idea of the Temple in Mormon History; Mormon Science Fiction: Tales of Interstellar Exodus and Perfection; Knock Knocking on Heaven's Door: Humour and Religion in Mormon Comedy; Part Two The Theosophical Society; Producing Lost Civilisations: Theosophical Concepts in Literature, Visual Media and Popular Culture; The Agency of the Object: Leadbeater and the Pectoral Cross. |
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Theosophical Bodies: Colour, Shape and Emotion from Modern Aesthetics to Healing TherapiesPart Three Anthroposophy; "And the Building Becomes Man": Meaning and Aesthetics in Rudolf Steiner's Goetheanum; The Anthroposophical Movement and the Waldorf Educational System; Cosmic Flavour, Spiritual Nutrition?: The Biodynamic Agricultural Method and the Legacy of Rudolf Steiner's Anthroposophy in Viticulture; Part Four The Gurdjieff Work; Gurdjieff and the Legomonism of 'Objective Reason'; G.I. Gurdjieff's Piano Music and its Application In and Outside 'the Work' |
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Gurdjieff's Sacred Dances and MovementsFrom Ouspensky's 'Hobby' to Groundhog Day: The Production and Adaptation of Strange Life of Ivan Osokin; Part Five Modern Paganism; Paganism-Inspired Folk Music, Folk Music-Inspired Paganism and New Cultural Fusions in Lithuania and Latvia; Bardic Chairs and the Emergent Performance Practices of Paganism; Making the Donkey Visible: Discordianism in the Works of Robert Anton Wilson; Part Six Afro-Caribbean New Religions; 'When the Gods give us the Power of Ashe': Caribbean Religions as the Source for Creative Energy. |
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Candomblé and the Brazilians: The Impact of Art on a Religion's Success StoryIdentity, Subversion, and Reconstruction 'Riddims': Reggae as Cultural Expressions of Rastafarian Theology; Part Seven New Religious Techniques And Technologies; Dancing at the Crossroads of Consciousness: Techno-Mysticism, Visionary Arts and Portugal's Boom Festival; Metal and Magic: The Intricate Relation Between the Metal Band Therion and the Magic Order Dragon Rouge; Battlefield Earth and Scientology: A Cultural/Religious Industry à la Frankfurt School?; Part Eight New Universal Religions. |
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The Bahá'í House of Worship: Localisation and Universal FormConstructing the Cornucopia That Is Caodaism: Themes of Cultural Production in an Increasingly Acephalous Milieu; The Cultural Products of Global Sufism; Food Practices, Culture, and Social Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement; Part Nine Modern Christian Offshoots; The Manifestation of Queer Theology: The Act of "Promulgating Universal Joy and Expiating Stigmatic Guilt" Through the (Re)Inscription of Rituals, Artefacts, Devotional Practices and Place. |
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Visualizing the Lost Temple and Mapping a Straightening World in Solomon Islands: Two Cultural Products of the Deep Sea Canoe Movement. |
| Summary |
This volume fills a lacuna in the academic assessment of new religions by investigating their cultural products (such as music, architecture, food et cetera). Contributions explore the manifold ways in which new religions have contributed to humanity's creative output. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Religion and culture.
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Religion and culture. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Cusack, Carole M., 1962-
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Norman, Alex.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cusack, Carole. Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production. Leiden : BRILL, ©2012 9789004221871 |
| ISBN |
9789004226487 (electronic book) |
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9004226486 (electronic book) |
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9004221875 |
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9789004221871 |
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