Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion – serie
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Handbook of Freemasonry
Inbunden, 2014
4395 kr
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Freemasonry is the largest, oldest, and most influential secret society in the world. The Brill Handbook of Freemasonry is a pioneering work that brings together, for the first time, leading scholars on Freemasonry. The first section covers historical perspectives, such as the origins and early …
Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion
Av Asbjørn Dyrendal, David G. Robertson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2018
3650 kr
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Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s). …
Handbook of New Age
Inbunden, 2007
3420 kr
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The Handbook of New Age is a comprehensive survey of alternative spiritualities: their history, their global impact, their cultural influence and how they are understood by scholars. Chapters by many of the leading scholars of the movement give the latest analysis of contemporary spiritual trends, …
Handbook of Contemporary Paganism
Inbunden, 2009
3613 kr
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Contemporary Paganism is a movement that is still young and establishing its identity and place on the global religious landscape. The members of the movement are simultaneously growing, unifying, and maintaining its characteristic diversity of traditions, identities, and rituals. The modern Pagan …
Handbook of Religion and the Authority of Science
Inbunden, 2010
5065 kr
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There has been a significant but little-noticed aspect of the interface between science and religion, namely the widespread tendency of religions to appeal to science in support of their truth claims. Though the appeal to science is most evident in more recent religions like Christian Science and …
Handbook of Hyper-real Religions
Inbunden, 2012
3229 kr
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Today a new trend is clearly discernable, that of ‘hyper-real religions’. These are innovative religions and spiritualities that mix elements of religious traditions with popular culture. If we imagine a spectrum of intensity of the merging of popular culture with religion, we might find, at one …
Handbook of New Religions and Cultural Production
Inbunden, 2012
5021 kr
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The cultural products of new religions and spiritualities are frequently ignored or dismissed within academia, often stemming from a hesitation to acknowledge these movements as genuine. This volume explores the impact of new religions upon cultural production, exemplifying the theological and …
Handbook of Contemporary Japanese Religions
Inbunden, 2012
4408 kr
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Representing work by some of the leading scholars in the field, the chapters of this handbook survey the transformation and innovation of religious traditions and practices in contemporary Japan. Readers will find lively scholarly studies about changes in the traditional institutions of Buddhism …
Handbook of the Theosophical Current
Av Olav Hammer
Inbunden, 2013
3879 kr
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Few religious currents have been as influential as the Theosophical. Yet few currents have been so under-researched, and the Brill Handbook of the Theosophical Current thus represents pioneering research. A first section surveys the main people and events involved in the Theosophical Society from …
Handbook of Spiritualism and Channeling
Inbunden, 2015
3756 kr
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Bringing together scholars from different disciplines and geographies, the Brill Handbook of Spiritualism and Channeling presents modern spirit possession in a variety of contexts. Weaving together the interrelated movements of Spiritualism along with its specific Franco and Latin American …
Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity
Themes and Developments in Culture, Politics, and Society
Inbunden, 2015
3274 kr
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The Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: Themes and Developments in Culture, Politics, and Society maps the transformations, as well as the continuities, of the largest of the major religions - engaging with the critical global issues which relate to the faith in a fast changing world. …
Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity
Movements, Institutions, and Allegiance
Inbunden, 2016
3495 kr
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The Handbook of Global Contemporary Christianity: Movements, Institutions & Allegiance traces how the largest religion in the world continues to be expressed in energetic global dynamic forms. In contemporary times Christianity is increasingly exposed to divisions, not only through its traditional …
Handbook of Nordic New Religions
Inbunden, 2015
3756 kr
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When James R. Lewis, one of the editors of the current collection, first moved to Norway in late 2009, he was unprepared to discover that so many researchers in Nordic countries were producing innovative scholarship on new religions and on the new age subculture. In fact, over the past dozen years …
Handbook of Contemporary Religions in Brazil
Av Bettina Schmidt, Steven Engler
Inbunden, 2016
3065 kr
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The Brill Handbook of Contemporary Religions in Brazil provides an unprecedented overview of Brazil’s religious landscape. It offers a full, balanced and contextualized portrait of contemporary religions in Brazil, bringing together leading scholars from both Brazil and abroad, drawing on both …
Handbook of Megachurches
Inbunden, 2019
2540 kr
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The growth of the megachurch (generally defined as a regular attendance of over 2,000 people) is undoubtedly one of the most exceptional religious trends of recent times, certainly within the Christian sphere. Spreading from the USA, megachurches have now become common globally - reaching different …
Handbook of UFO Religions
Av Ben Zeller
Inbunden, 2021
3652 kr
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The Handbook of UFO Religions, edited by esteemed scholar of new religions Benjamin E. Zeller, offers the most expansive and detailed study of the persistent, popular, and global phenomenon of religious engagements with ideas about extraterrestrial life. The present work considers not only new …
Handbook of Rituals in Contemporary Studies of Religion
Exploring Ritual Creativity in the Footsteps of Anne-Christine Hornborg
Av Ive Brissman
Inbunden, 2024
1983 kr
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This book brings together leading international scholars with the aim of exploring ritual perspectives in the study of contemporary religions. It combines significant theoretical and methodological reflections and applies it to four main fields relevant to the study of contemporary religions: …
Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television
Inbunden, 2026
3241 kr
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The Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television contains twenty-three chapters on a variety of religions and religious phenomena, focusing on how they are depicted in film and television. Methodological considerations and academic debates concerning the effectiveness of popular cultural …
Handbook of Entheogenic Healing
Inbunden, 2025
3417 kr
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Entheogenic Healing describes contemporary psychedelic therapies of indigenous cultures, mestizo adaptations, and emerging global traditions. Analysis of cultural contexts and ritual practices of diverse entheogenic traditions provides an understanding of their individual and common dynamics. A …
