{"product_id":"handbook-of-conspiracy-theory-and-contemporary-religion-9789004381506","title":"Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConspiracy 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). Bringing together experts from a wide range of disciplines, from psychology and philosophy to political science and the history of religions, the book sets the standard for the interdisciplinary study of religion and conspiracy theories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one before has undertaken the tremendously important and timely task of compiling a volume, dealing with the relationship between conspiracy theories and religion (...) The book not only examines the intersection of religion and conspiracy theories, but also provides a survey about the global phenomenon of conspiracy theories by discussing examples in different times and cultural environments.\"  - Dominic Bornand, Andrews University Seminary Studies 56, 2018.    \" As I read the chapters in this volume, I thought about how I might use this material in a course on conspiracy theories and religions. (...) I highly recommend this book for college or university libraries.\"  - W. Michael Ashcraft, Truman State University, Reading Religion, September 15, 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword  Michael Barkun  List of Authors  Introducing the Field: Conspiracy Theory in, about, and as Religion  David G. Robertson, Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal  Part 1: Explanations  1 Conspiracy Theories and the Study of Religion\\s: What we are Talking about, and Why it is Important  Asbjørn Dyrendal, Egil Asprem and David G. Robertson  2 Rational Enchantments: Conspiracy Theory between Secular Scepticism and Spiritual Salvation  Stef Aupers and Jaron Harambam  3 Is a Belief in Providence the Same as a Belief in Conspiracy?  Brian L. Keeley  4 Are Conspiracy Theories a Surrogate for God?  Michael Wood and Karen Douglas  5 A Web of Conspiracy? Internet and Conspiracy Theory  Joseph E. Uscinski, Darin DeWitt and Matthew D. Atkinson  Part 2: Correspondences  6 The Satanism Scare in Apartheid South Africa  Nicky Falkof  7 “Trust Me, You Can’t Trust Them”: Stigmatised Knowledge in Cults and Conspiracies  Amanda van Eck Duymaer van Twist and Suzanne Newcombe  8 Popular Music, Conspiracy Culture, and the Sacred  Christopher Partridge  9 Close Companions? Esotericism and Conspiracy Theories  Egil Asprem and Asbjørn Dyrendal  10 The Counter-Elite: Strategies of Authority in Millennial Conspiracism  David G. Robertson  Part 3: Locations  11 Buddhism Endangered by Hidden Enemies: Conspiracy Narratives in Sri Lankan Buddhist Present and Past  Sven Bretfeld  12 Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts  Iselin Frydenlund  13 Islamism and the Instrumentalisation of Conspiracism  Willow J. Berridge  14 Anti-Jewish and Anti-Zionist Conspiracism in the Arab World: Historical and Political Roots  Barbara De Poli  15 A Fantastic People and Its Enemies: An Analysis of an Emerging Albanian Mythology  Cecilie Endresen  16 Was Aristotle an Anti-Semitic Alien? Conspiracy Theory, Ufology, and the Colonisation of the Past in Contemporary Greece  Tao T. Makeeff  17 The Role of Conspiracy Theory in the Aum Shinrikyo Incident  Tsuji Ryutaro  18 Framing of a Conspiracy Theory: The Efendi Series  Turkay Nefes  19 The Third Rome Against the Third Temple: Apocalypticism and Conspiracism in Post-Soviet Russia  Michael Hagemeister  20 Alexander Dugin: Between Eschatology, Esotericism, and Conspiracy Theory  Victor Shnirelman  21 Conspiracy Theories and Neo-Nazism in the Cultic Milieu  Paul Jackson  22 Evil Cult or Persecuted Minority? Conspiracy Theories Surrounding Falun Gong and the Government of the People’s Republic of China  Helen Farley  23 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 Asbjørn Dyrendal  Index","brand":"Brill","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53210759823703,"sku":"9789004381506","price":206.4,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/handbook-of-conspiracy-theory-and-contemporary-religion-9789004381506","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}