MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01504cam a22003018a 4500
001 2010008295
003 DLC
005 20100701133422.0
008 100226s2010 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010008295
020 $a9780754667803 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780754693604 (ebook)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aBP603$b.C88 2010
082 00 $a306.609/045$222
100 1 $aCusack, Carole M.,$d1962-
245 10 $aInvented religions :$bimagination, fiction, faith /$cCarole M Cusack.
260 $aFarnham, Surrey, England ;$aBurlington, VT :$bAshgate,$cc2010.
263 $a1009
300 $ap. cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
505 0 $aThe contemporary context of invented religions -- Discordianism : chaos is a goddess -- The Church of All Worlds : science fiction, environmentalism, and a holistic pagan vision -- The Church of the SubGenius : science fiction mythos, culture jamming, and the sacredness of slack -- Third millennium invented religions : Jediism, Matrixism, and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster -- Conclusion: imagination, fiction, and faith revisited.
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650 0 $aReligion and sociology$yHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aSatire$xReligious aspects$yHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCults$xHistory$y21st century
650 0 $aReligion and sociology$yHistory$y21st century.
650 0 $aSatire$xReligious aspects$yHistory$y21st century.