Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production
Edited by Carole M. Cusack, University of Sydney and Alex Norman, University of Sydney.
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Biographical note
Carole M. Cusack, Ph.D. (1996) in Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, is Associate Professor of this department. She has published extensively on contemporary religious trends, medieval religion, and method and theory in the study of religion, including Invented Religions (Ashgate, 2010).
Alex Norman, Ph.D. (2010) in Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Sydney. His research interests include religion and travel, leading to the publication of Spiritual Tourism (Continuum, 2011).
Alex Norman, Ph.D. (2010) in Studies in Religion, University of Sydney, is a lecturer at the University of New South Wales and the University of Western Sydney. His research interests include religion and travel, leading to the publication of Spiritual Tourism (Continuum, 2011).
Readership
All those interested in new religious movements or contemporary religious trends, those researching cultural production, and sociologists or anthropologists as a whole. A valuable contribution to any academic library.
Reviews
This is an authoritative and exciting set of case studies on the many cultural products created and disseminated by the new religions in modern times. The collection is an impressive addition to the Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion and opens up new lines of enquiry into the societal impact of new religions. Chapters cover a fascinating array of new forms and products ranging from material artifacts, architecture, music, dance, diet, education and popular narratives. Many of these creations have developed independent life and status within the wider society, showing the fecundity and adaptability of the generative forces behind them. Shaped by expert editing and a lively team of contributors, the volume invites a fresh perspective on the study of new religions. It encourages scholars away from constructing their data as marginalia and exotica and towards analysis of new religions as serious cultural agents and pioneers of new aesthetics.
- Dr. Steven J. Sutcliffe, Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion University of Edinburgh.
- Dr. Steven J. Sutcliffe, Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion University of Edinburgh.
Table of contents
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