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The second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music provides an updated, state-of-the-art analysis of the most important themes and concepts in the field, combining research in religious studies, theology, critical musicology, cultural analysis, and sociology. It comprises 30 updated essays and six new chapters covering the following areas: - Popular Music, Religion, and Performance - Musicological Perspectives - Popula...

Members of several religious traditions use psychoactive substances including in modern occultism and the contemporary sacramental uses of peyote in the Native American Church, ayahuasca in Santo Daime, and cannabis in Rastafarianism. In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the interpretation of drug-induced altered states as significant moments of transcendence. Cannabis, Religion and Profane is a detailed analysis of one of...

Members of several religious traditions use psychoactive substances including in modern occultism and the contemporary sacramental uses of peyote in the Native American Church, ayahuasca in Santo Daime, and cannabis in Rastafarianism. In recent decades, there has been a growing interest in the interpretation of drug-induced altered states as significant moments of transcendence. Cannabis, Religion and Profane is a detailed analysis of one of...

The spectre of the UFO, as popularized by shows such as The X-Files, has brought an astonishing slant to the face of modern religious practice. But what motivates the fantastical and sometimes sinister beliefs of UFO worshippers? UFO Religions critically examines some of the fascinating issues surrounding UFO worship - abduction narratives, UFO-based interpretations of other religions, the growth of pseudo-sciences purporting to explain UFOs, ...

The second edition of The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music provides an updated, state-of-the-art analysis of the most important themes and concepts in the field, combining research in religious studies, theology, critical musicology, cultural analysis, and sociology. It comprises 30 updated essays and six new chapters covering the following areas: · Popular Music, Religion, and Performance · Musicological Perspectives ...

Covers developments in world religions, especially in the study of religion, indigenous religions, and esoteric, pagan and New Age religion. This book features authors including twelve editors representing a international spectrum from UK, USA, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Japan and Australia.

`A sumptuous handbook. Profusely illustrated in full colour... a guide to the past and present faiths of the world.' Times Educational Supplement

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to over 200 new religions, sects and alternative spiritualities

A comprehensive and authoritative guide to 200 new religions, sects and alternative spiritualities functioning in today's world

4th edition of the successful New Lion Handbook: the World's Religions, updated, redesigned, with new textbook focused questions and bibliography.

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This brief introduction to Christianity is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage of various forms of Christianity with an arresting layout with rich colors. It offers both historical overviews and modern perspectives on Christian beliefs and practices. The user-friendly content is enhanced by charts of religious festivals, historic timelines, upda...

This brief introduction to Hinduism is designed to help readers understand this important religious tradition. With both nuance and balance, this text provides broad coverage of various forms of Hinduism with an arresting layout with rich colors. It offers both historical overviews and modern perspectives on Hindu beliefs and practices. The user-friendly content is enhanced by charts of religious festivals, historic timelines, updated maps, an...

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Demons, devils, spirits and vampires are present throughout popular Western culture in film, music and literature. Their religious significance has only recently begun to be explored. 'The Lure of the Darkside' brings together the work of some of the most important and creative scholars in the field of Biblical and Religious Studies.

Now available in paperback, this Handbook covers the most important themes and concepts in the field of religion and popular music. Edited by Christopher Partridge and Marcus Moberg, it provides an accessible entry point for those new to the field.Drawing on contemporary research from religious studies, theology, sociology, ethnography, and cultural studies, the volume comprises thirty-one specifically commissioned essays from a team of intern...

Humans have always been fascinated by drugs and altered states. Despite the risk of addiction, many have used drugs as technologies to induce moments of meaning-making transcendence. Beginning at the close of the eighteenth century, this book traces the quest for transcendence and meaning through drugs in the West through the modern period.

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