A01=Danielle Kirby
Author_Danielle Kirby
Category=QRA
Category=QRYC
Chaos Magic
Chaos Magician
christopher
Christopher Partridge
community
contemporary
Contemporary Magical Practice
Contemporary Occulture
ction
digital religion
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Evocative Support
Fan Cultures
fantastic
Fantastic Creatures
Fantastic Narrative
Fantasy Narrative
Final Fantasy VII
Golden Dawn
identity construction
internet subcultures
Magic Users
Magical Plane
Magical Practice
metaphysical belief systems
narrative
new religious movements
occultural
Online Communication Forms
otherkin
Otherkin Community
partridge
popular culture influence on spirituality
Popular Culture Object
Remix Culture
science
Science Ction
spiritual transformation
Tertiary World
Tuatha De
Tuatha De Danann
Tv Anime
Vice Versa
Product details
- ISBN 9781908049230
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 2013
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Religion and spirituality are being transformed in our late modern and secularising times. New forms of belief proliferate, often notable for not being limited to traditional systems of reference or expression. Increasingly, these new religions present worldviews which draw directly upon popular culture - or occulture - in fiction, film, art and the internet. Fantasy and Belief explores the context and implications of these types of beliefs through the example of the Otherkin community. The Otherkin are a loosely-affiliated group who believe themselves to be in some way more than just human, their non-humanity often rooted in the characters and narratives of popular fantasy and science fiction. Challenging much current sociological thinking about spirituality and consumption, Fantasy and Belief reveals how popular occulture operates to recycle, develop, and disseminate metaphysical ideas, and how the popular and the sacred are combining in new ways in today's world.
Danielle Kirby is Lecturer in Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.
