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Adam Possamai
alternative religion
authenticity of religion
authorisation
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Chaos Magic
cults
cultural constructionism
Culture and Religion
Discordianism
Durkheimian Collective Effervescence
El Shaddai
Emic Historiographies
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fiction
fiction-based religion
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Gilbert 2006a
Hidden Transmission
Hot Dog Buns
Hyper Real Religions
Invented Religions
Jedi Knight
legitimacy
legitimacy studies
Liquid Religion
materialist religion analysis
narrative
new religious movements
Paganism
Parody Religion
parody religions
Peter Caddy
point of emergence
Principia Discordia
Recorded Group Interview
religious authenticity
Rosicrucian Adepts
Rosy Cross
social constructionism
Star Trek Fandom
strategies for religious legitimation
Synchromysticism
World Religions Paradigm
Young Men
Zoroastrian Community
Zoroastrian Priests
Zoroastrian Texts
Zoroastrianism

Product details

  • ISBN 9781138099036
  • Weight: 320g
  • Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Jun 2017
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Invented religions have been described as modern religions which advertise their invented status and reject traditional strategies of authorisation. But what does it mean for a religious formation to be ‘made up’, and how might this status affect perceptions of its legitimacy or authenticity in wider society?

Based in original fieldwork and archival sources, and in the secondary literature on invented and constructed formations, this volume explores the allure of, as well as the limits of, the invention of religion. Through a series of case studies, the contributors discuss strategies of mobilization and legitimation for new traditions at their point of emergence, as well as taking issue with simplistic interpretations of the phenomenon which neglect wider cultural and political dimensions. This book was originally published as a special issue of Culture and Religion.

About
Steven J. Sutcliffe is Senior Lecturer in the Study of Religion at the University of Edinburgh, UK. He is the author of Children of the New Age: A History of Spiritual Practices (2003), editor of Religion: Empirical Studies (2004), and co-editor (with Ingvild Gilhus) of New Age Spirituality: Rethinking Religion (2013). Carole M. Cusack is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. She is the author of Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction, and Faith (2010), The Sacred Tree: Ancient and Medieval Manifestations (2011), and co-editor (with Alex Norman) of New Religions and Cultural Production (2012).