Handbook of new religions and cultural production / edited by Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cusack, Carole M., 1962-

Norman, Alex.

Series:

Brill handbooks on contemporary religion ; v. 4.

Brill handbooks on contemporary religion, 1874-6691 ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and culture.

Religions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (820 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The cultural products of new religions and spiritualities are frequently ignored or dismissed within academia, often stemming from a hesitation to acknowledge these movements as genuine. This volume explores the impact of new religions upon cultural production, exemplifying the theological and spiritual principles of particular movements and demonstrating their substantial impact on wider society. Contributions explore the realms of music, architecture, food, art, books, films, video games, and more. This scholarship will be of interest to those who wish to explore the gamut of modern religious expression, and those who wish to broaden their knowledge of the spiritual origins of human culture.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

Introduction / Carole M. Cusack and Alex Norman

“Build a House to My Name”: The Idea of the Temple in Mormon History / Stephen D. Ricks

Mormon Science Fiction: Tales of Interstellar Exodus and Perfection / Eric Repphun

Knock Knocking on Heaven’s Door: Humour and Religion in Mormon Comedy / Elisha McIntyre

Producing Lost Civilisations: Theosophical Concepts in Literature, Visual Media and Popular Culture / Garry W. Trompf and Lauren Bernauer

The Agency of the Object: Leadbeater and the Pectoral Cross / Jenny McFarlane

Theosophical Bodies: Colour, Shape and Emotion from Modern Aesthetics to Healing Therapies / Jay Johnston

“And the Building Becomes Man”: Meaning and Aesthetics in Rudolf Steiner’s Goetheanum / Carole M. Cusack

The Anthroposophical Movement and the Waldorf Educational System / Liselotte Frisk

Cosmic Flavour, Spiritual Nutrition?: The Biodynamic Agricultural Method and the Legacy of Rudolf Steiner’s Anthroposophy in Viticulture / Alex Norman

Gurdjieff and the Legomonism of ‘Objective Reason’ / Anthony Blake

G. I. Gurdjieff’s Piano Music and its Application In and Outside ‘the Work’ / Johanna Petsche

Gurdjieff’s Sacred Dances and Movements / Joseph Azize

From Ouspensky’s ‘Hobby’ to Groundhog Day: The Production and Adaptation of Strange Life of Ivan Osokin / David Pecotic

Paganism-Inspired Folk Music, Folk Music-Inspired Paganism and New Cultural Fusions in Lithuania and Latvia / Michael F. Strmiska

Bardic Chairs and the Emergent Performance Practices of Paganism / Graham Harvey

Making the Donkey Visible: Discordianism in the Works of Robert Anton Wilson / David G. Robertson

‘When the Gods give us the Power of Ashe’: Caribbean Religions as the Source for Creative Energy / Bettina E. Schmidt

Candomblé and the Brazilians: The Impact of Art on a Religion’s Success Story / Mona Suhrbier

Identity, Subversion, and Reconstruction ‘Riddims’: Reggae as Cultural Expressions of Rastafarian Theology / Nathaniel Samuel Murrell and Justin Snider

Dancing at the Crossroads of Consciousness: Techno-Mysticism, Visionary Arts and Portugal’s Boom Festival / Graham St John and Chiara Baldini

Metal and Magic: The Intricate Relation Between the Metal Band Therion and the Magic Order Dragon Rouge / Kennet Granholm

Battlefield Earth and Scientology: A Cultural/Religious Industry à la Frankfurt School? / Adam Possamai and Alphia Possamai-Inesedy

The Bahá’í House of Worship: Localisation and Universal Form / Graham Hassall

Constructing the Cornucopia That Is Caodaism: Themes of Cultural Production in an Increasingly Acephalous Milieu / Christopher Hartney

The Cultural Products of Global Sufism / Milad Milani

Food Practices, Culture, and Social Dynamics in the Hare Krishna Movement / Benjamin E. Zeller

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 / Jason Prior

Visualizing the Lost Temple and Mapping a Straightening World in Solomon Islands: Two Cultural Products of the Deep Sea Canoe Movement / Jaap Timmer

Visible Religion, Visible Spirituality: Boundary Management and the Life of Images / Rod Pattenden

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-49605-3

9786613591289

90-04-22648-6

OCLC:

794328527

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004226487 DOI