| Contents |
Yoda goes to Glastonbury : an introduction ot hyper-real religions / Adam Possamai -- Hyper-real religion performing in Baudrillard's integral reality / Martin Geoffroy -- Occultural Bricolage and popular culture : remix and art in discordianism, the Church of the SubGenius, and the Temple of Phychick Youth / Danielle Kirby -- Heaven's Gate, science fiction religions, and popular American culture / Benjamin E. Zeller -- Brain, biological robots and androids : prophecies in the realm of science fiction and religion / Carly Machado -- 'World without rules and controls, without borders or boundaries' : matrixism, new mythologies, and symbolic pilgrimages / John W. Morehead -- Alternative worlds : metaphysical questing and virtual community amongst the otherkin / Danielle Kirby -- Real vampires as an identity group : analyzing causes and effects of an introspective survey by the vampire community / Joseph Laycock -- Sanctification of Star Wars : from fans to followers / Debbie McCormick -- Spiritual milieu based on J.R.R. Tolkien's literary mythology / Markus Altena Davidsen -- Road to hell is paved with D20s : evangelical Christianity and role-playing gaming / John Walliss -- 'Infinity of experiences' : hyper-real paganism and real enchantment in World of Warcraft / Stef Aupers -- Dealing a new religion : material culture, divination, and hyper-religious innovation / Douglas E. Cowan -- Who is Irma Plavatsky? theosophy, Rosicrucianism, and the internationalisation of popular culture from the dime novel to The DaVinci Code / Massimo Introvigne -- Gods on television : Ramanand Sagar's Ramayan, politics and popular piety in late twentienth-century India / Carole M. Cusack -- Hinduism and hyper-reality / Heinz Scheifinger -- Poetic Jihadis : Muslim youth, hip-hop and the homological imagination / Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir -- Playing for Christ ; Christians and computer games / Lauren Bernauer -- Some angel some devil : Harry Potter vs. the Roman Catholic Church in Poland / Krzysztof Olechnicki -- Contemporary atheism as hyper-real irreligion : the enchantment of science and atheism in this cosmos / Alan Nixon -- Fantasy, conspiracy and the romantic legacy : Max Weber and the spirit of contemporary popular culture / Johan Roeland, Stef Aupers & Dick Houtman -- Future of hyper-real religions? / Adam Possamai. |
