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Author Cusack, Carole M., 1962-

Title Invented religions : imagination, fiction and faith / Carole M Cusack
Published Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate, [2010]
©2010

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Description viii, 179 pages ; 25 cm
Series Ashgate new religions
Ashgate new religions.
Contents 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
Notes Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-169) and index
Subject 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.
LC no. 2010008295
ISBN 0754667804 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0754693600 (ebook)
9780754667803 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780754693604 (ebook)