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Handbook of Hyper-real Religions: 5
Author(s): Adam Possamai (Author)
- Publisher: BRILL
- Publication Date: 28 Mar. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 456 pages
- ISBN-10: 9789004218819
- ISBN-13: 9004218815
Book Description
Hyper-real religions are innovative religions and spirituality that mix elements of religious tradition with popular culture. Through various case studies, this book studies the on and off-line religious/spiritual consumption of these narratives through a social scientific approach.
Editorial Reviews
Review
To me this kind of material offered in Handbook of Hyper-real Religions is totally fascinating, and I found insights glancing off almost every page about what religion, or atleast somefolk’s religion, might be becoming in the context of this and next year’s culture.Robert Ellwood, University of Southern California in: Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions’, vol. 17 no. 1 (2013)
About the Author
Adam Possamai, Ph.D in Sociology, La Trobe University, is Associate Professor at the University of Western Sydney, and President of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on the sociology of religon. He has published extensively in the sociology of religion, sociological theory and the study of popular culture.
