Handbook of Hyper-real Religions

Biographical note Readership Table of contents

Publication Type:

Book

Pages, Illustrations:

xiv, 442 pp.

Imprint:

BRILL

Language:

English

Biographical note

Adam Possamai, Ph.D in Sociology, La Trobe University, is Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, and President of the International Sociological Association's Research Committee on the sociology of religon. He has published extensively in the sociology of religion, sociological theory and the study of popular culture.

Readership

All those interested in the intersection of contemporary religion and popular culture, sociology of religion, postmodern religion and consumerism.

Contributors include: Stef Aupers, Eileen Barker, Lauren Bernauer, Douglas E. Cowan, Carol M. Cusack, Markus Davidsen, Martin Geoffroy, Dick Houtman, Massimo Introvigne, Danielle Kirby, Joseph Laycock, Carly Machado, Debbie McCormick, John W. Morehead, Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir, Alan Nixon, Krzysztof Olechnicki, Adam Possamai, Johan Roeland, Heinz Scheifinger, John Walliss, and Benjamin Zeller.

€168.00$234.00

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9789004235960

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Handbook of the Theosophical Current

Edited by Olav Hammer and Mikael Rothstein

The Brill Handbook of the Theosophical Current represents pioneering research into an important but under-researched current. The three sections in this volume are devoted to the Theosophical Society, Theosophically influenced religious currents, and the interaction between Theosophy and ...

€192.00$267.00

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9789004234352

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Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions

Edited by Inken Prohl and John Nelson

Representing work by some of the leading scholars in the field, this volume presents important topics in the religious environment of contemporary Japan by surveying exciting trends, religious change and innovation, and the interactivity of religion with market and global forces.

€217.00$298.00

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9789004221871

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Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production

Edited by Carole M. Cusack, University of Sydney and Alex Norman, University of Sydney.

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.

€224.00$290.00

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ISBN13:

9789004187917

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Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science

Edited by James R. Lewis and Olav Hammer

The present collection examines the many different ways in which religions appeal to the authority of science. The result is a wide-ranging and uniquely compelling study of how religions adapt their message to the challenges of the contemporary world.

€156.00$202.00

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9789004163737

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Handbook of Contemporary Paganism

Edited by Murphy Pizza and James R. Lewis

As Contemporary Paganism continues to grow and establish its identity and place on the global religious landscape, new angles of inquiry about it have emerged and are discussed by Pagan Studies scholars of varying disciplines in this collection.

€150.00$194.00

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9789004153554

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Handbook of New Age

Edited by Daren Kemp and James R. Lewis

The New Age Handbook is a comprehensive survey of alternative spiritualities: their history, their global impact, their cultural influence and how they are understood by scholars.