Conversion Among the Germanic Peoples is a detailed look at the introduction of Christianity to the German peoples. It provides a history of the process of conversion that took place over several centuries and the influences that prompted it. It will make a wonderful addition to the libraries of scholars and students alike." --British Association for the Study of Religions Bulletin
Conversion Among the Germanic Peoples is a detailed look at the introduction of Christianity to the German peoples. It provides a history of the pr...
Carole M. Cusack presents a study of the process of conversion among the Germanic people-including those in Scandinavia and Iceland-from the third to eleventh centuries. This book begins by examining previous scholarship on this conversion process. It then proceeds to develop a new model of conversion appropriate to the Germanic peoples. Cusack extends this model to compare six different Germanic conversions.
Carole M. Cusack presents a study of the process of conversion among the Germanic people-including those in Scandinavia and Iceland-from the third ...
For as long as human beings have existed they have been interested in travel. Their homelands and cultural norms have always been constructed with reference to, or contrasted with, the lands and habits of 'the Other'. Implicit in this statement is the notion that some places are more special (perhaps sacred) than others, and this is the core of the intimate relationship between human beings, place and travel, and religion. For as long as human beings have existed they have been interested in travel. Their homelands and cultural norms have always been constructed with reference to, or...
For as long as human beings have existed they have been interested in travel. Their homelands and cultural norms have always been constructed with ref...
Barely a century has passed since anime (Japanese animation) was first screened to a Western audience. Over time the number of anime genres and generic hybrids have significantly grown. These have been influenced and inspired by various historical and cultural phenomena, one of which - Japanese native religion and spirituality - this book argues is important and dominant. There have always been anime lovers in the West, but today that number is growing exponentially. This is intriguing as many Japanese anime directors and studios initially created works that were not aimed at a Western...
Barely a century has passed since anime (Japanese animation) was first screened to a Western audience. Over time the number of anime genres and generi...
Barely a century has passed since anime (Japanese animation) was first screened to a Western audience. Over time the number of anime genres and generic hybrids have significantly grown. These have been influenced and inspired by various historical and cultural phenomena, one of which - Japanese native religion and spirituality - this book argues is important and dominant. There have always been anime lovers in the West, but today that number is growing exponentially. This is intriguing as many Japanese anime directors and studios initially created works that were not aimed at a Western...
Barely a century has passed since anime (Japanese animation) was first screened to a Western audience. Over time the number of anime genres and generi...
The field encompassed by Religion, the Occult, and the Paranormal is both fascinating and frustrating. The fascination stems from the contested nature of the content, and the multi-disciplinary nature of the existing scholarly literature. The frustration stems chiefly from the misunderstood and much-maligned nature of the content, and the way in which specific elements are taken out of context, or treated in a frivolous manner as is often the case with tabloid journalism.
This new collection from Routledge addresses these and other urgent questions by bringing together the best...
The field encompassed by Religion, the Occult, and the Paranormal is both fascinating and frustrating. The fascination stems from the contested nat...
Invented religions have been described as modern religions which advertise their invented status and reject traditional strategies of authorisation. But what does it mean for a religious formation to be 'made up', and how might this status affect perceptions of its legitimacy or authenticity in wider society?
Based in original fieldwork and archival sources, and in the secondary literature on invented and constructed formations, this volume explores the allure of, as well as the limits of, the invention of religion. Through a series of case studies, the contributors discuss...
Invented religions have been described as modern religions which advertise their invented status and reject traditional strategies of authorisation...
Drawing together formative works from across the interrelated disciplines of religion and media, this collection will articulate the field of religion and media. Incorporating both historical and contemporary concerns, and a range of methodological approaches, this major work will focus upon the variety of ways in which religion and media impact, facilitate, and imbricate with each other.
The field encompassed by this collection is constantly changing and diverse. It covers a range of inquiry, from the age old questions regarding traditional human mediation of religious experience...
Drawing together formative works from across the interrelated disciplines of religion and media, this collection will articulate the field of relig...
The twentieth century was a period of rapid change for religion. Secularisation resulted in a dramatic fall in church attendance in the West, and the 1950s and 1960s saw the introduction of new religions including the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), the Church of Scientology, and the Children of God. New religions were regarded with suspicion by society in general and Religious Studies scholars alike until the 1990s, when the emergence of a second generation of 'new new' religions based on popular cultural forms including films, novels, computer games and comic...
The twentieth century was a period of rapid change for religion. Secularisation resulted in a dramatic fall in church attendance in the West, and t...
