Invented religions
Subtitle: faith, fiction, imagination
By: Carole M Cusack.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Farnham, Surrey, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780754667803; 9780754693604
Subjects: Cults -- History -- 20th century; Religion and sociology -- History -- 20th century; Satire -- Religious aspects -- History -- 20th century; Cults -- History -- 21st century; Religion and sociology -- History -- 21st century; Satire -- Religious aspects -- History -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: The contemporary context of invented religions; title: Discordianism : chaos is a goddess; title: The Church of All Worlds : science fiction, environmentalism, and a holistic pagan vision; title: The Church of the SubGenius : science fiction mythos, culture jamming, and the sacredness of slack; title: Third millennium invented religions : Jediism, Matrixism, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster; title: Conclusion: imagination, fiction, and faith revisited.