Handbook of Contemporary Religion, Film, and Television
Edited by Carole M. Cusack and Venetia Laura Delano Robertson
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This volume examines the complex intersections between contemporary religions and film and television media. The approach is global and a dynamic and exciting group of scholars provide insights into phenomena as different as Sami shamanism and Scientology, Pentecostalism and Ufology.
About the authors:
Carole M. Cusack, Ph.D. (1996), University of Sydney, is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney. She has published a variety of articles and books in religious studies, including Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010).Venetia Laura Delano Robertson Ph.D. (2017), University of Sydeny, is an independent scholar with a PhD in Studies in Religion from the University of Sydney. She writes about the intersection of popular culture, new media, alternative spirituality, and gender theory.Contributors are: Zoe Alderton, Cato Christensen, George D. Chryssides, Andrew Crome, Carole M. Cusack, Ethan Doyle White, David Feltmate, Ioannis Gaitanidis, Eric Michael Mazur, Elisha McIntyre, Elizabeth Olayiwola, Torjer A. Olsen, Erik A.W. Östling, Raymond Radford, Venetia Laura Delano Robertson, Bettina E. Schmidt, Mairead Shanahan, Francisco Santos Silva, Sofia Sjö, Stefania Travagnin, Ulrike Wiethaus, Ryan Mitchell Wittingslow, Humairah Zainal, and Benjamin E. Zeller.
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