Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith

Carole M. Cusack

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Contents: Introduction: imagination, fiction and faith The 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 and faith revisited Bibliography Index.

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