Invented religions : imagination, fiction and faith /

Invented religions : imagination, fiction and faith /

Utilizing contemporary scholarship on secularization, individualism, and consumer capitalism, this book explores religious movements founded in the West which are intentionally fictional: Discordianism, the Church of All Worlds, the Church of the SubGenius, and Jediism. Their continued appeal and su...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cusack, Carole M., 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2010], ©2010.
Series:Ashgate new religions.
Subjects:
Cults > History > 20th century.
Cults > History > 21st century.
Religion and sociology > History > 20th century.
Religion and sociology > History > 21st century.
Satire > Religious aspects > History > 20th century.
Satire > Religious aspects > History > 21st century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Imagination, fiction and faith
  • The contemporary context of invented religions
  • Discordianism : chaos is a goddess
  • The Church of All Worlds : science fiction, environmentalism, and a holistic pagan vision
  • The Church of the SubGenius : science fiction mythos, culture jamming, and the sacredness of slack
  • Third millennium invented religions : Jediism, Matrixism, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
  • Conclusion : Imagination, fiction, and faith revisited.

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