Handbook of conspiracy theory and contemporary religion [electronic resource] / edited by Asbjørn Dyrendal, David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem.
"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)....
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| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2018]
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| Series: | Brill handbooks on contemporary religion,
volume 17 |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Introducing the field: conspiracy theory in, about, and as religion / David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem and Asbjorn Dyrendal
- Conspiracy theories and the study of religions: what we are talking about, and why it is important / Asbjorn Dyrendal, Egil Asprem and David G. Robertson
- Rational enchantments: conspiracy theory between secular scepticism and spiritual salvation / Stef Aupers and Jaron Harambam
- Is a belief in providence the same as a belief in conspiracy? / Brian L. Keeley
- Are conspiracy theories a surrogate for God? / Michael Wood and Karen Douglas
- A web of conspiracy: Internet and conspiracy theory / Joseph E. Uscinski, Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson
- The Satanism scare in apartheid South Africa / Nicky Falkof
- "Trust me, you can't trust them": stigmatised knowledge in cults and conspiracies / Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Suzanne Newcombe
- Popular music, conspiracy culture, and the sacred / Christopher Partridge
- Close companions: esotericism and conspiracy theories / Egil Asprem and Asbjorn Dyrendal
- The counter-elite: strategies of authority in millennial conspiracism / David G. Robertson
- Buddhism endangered by hidden enemies: conspiracy narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist present and past / Sven Bretfeld
- Buddhist Islamophobia: actors, tropes, contexts / Iselin Frydenlund
- Islamism and the instrumentalisation of conspiracism / Willow J. Berridge
- Anti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist conspiracism in the Arab world: historical and political roots / Barbara De Poli
- A fantastic people and its enemies: an analysis of an emerging Albanian mythology / Cecilie endresen
- Was Aristotle an anti-Semitic alien? conspiracy theory, ufology, and the colonisation of the past in contemporary Greece / Tao T. Makeeff
- The role of conspiracy theory in the Aum Shinrikyo incident / Tsuji Ryutaro
- Framing of a conspiracy theory: the Efendi series / Turkay Nefes
- The third Rome against the third temple: apocalypticism and conspiracism in post-Soviet Russia / Michael Hagemeister
- Alexander Dugin: between eschatology, esotericism, and conspiracy theory / Victor Shnirelman
- Conspiracy theories and neo-Nazism in the cultic milieu / Paul Jackson
- Evil cult or persecuted minority: conspiracy theories surrounding Falun Gong and the government of the People's Republic of China / Helen Farley
- The messiah is a salesman, yet consumerism is a con(spiracy): the Church of the Subgenius, work, and the pursuit of slack as a spiritual ideal / Carole M. Cusack
- Afterword: further reflections, future directions / Egil Asprem, David G. Robertson and Asbjorn Dyrendal.