MARC Record from marc_columbia

LEADER: 03390cam a2200397Ii 4500
001 13563570
005 20181218122334.0
008 180422t20182018mdua b 001 0 eng d
019 $a1031957289$a1032209800
020 $a9781498555012$q(hardcover ;$qalkaline paper)
020 $a1498555012$q(hardcover ;$qalkaline paper)
024 $a99978120744
035 $a(OCoLC)on1032029660
035 $a(OCoLC)1032029660$z(OCoLC)1031957289$z(OCoLC)1032209800
035 $a(NNC)13563570
040 $aYDX$beng$erda$cYDX$dLTSCA$dYDX$dOCLCF$dAUP$dPTS$dEAU
050 4 $aBL624$b.E65 2018
082 04 $a204/.4$223
245 00 $aEnjoying religion :$bpleasure and fun in established and new religious movements /$cedited by Frans Jespers, Karin van Nieuwkerk, and Paul van der Velde.
264 1 $aLanham, Maryland :$bLexington Books,$c[2018]
264 4 $c©2018
300 $axxiii, 188 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
336 $astill image$bsti$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: Investigations in enjoying religion / Frans Jespers -- Enjoying Islam: trajectories of star performers in the Egyptian piety movement / Karin van Nieuwkerk -- Fun and faith in the Ganges: the bodily and spiritual pleasures of river bathing / Catrien Notermans -- Fun-damentalism: "as-if" experiences at a creationist theme park / James S. Bielo -- Tantra: ecstatic enjoyment way beyond boundaries / Paul van der Velde -- Merry Christmas!: religion in Norway / Ingvild Sælid Gilhus, Lisbeth Mikaelsson -- "Our play pleases the man, the spirits of the desert, and whatever": enjoying religion at Burning Man / François Gauthier -- Happinez, zen, and wealth / Frans Jespers -- Celebrating with the church of the subgenius: X-Day rituals of bad taste, Burning "Bob," and the end of the world (not) / Carole M. Cusack -- Beyond morality: on religion in aesthetic form / Jean-Pierre Wils.
520 $a"Enjoying religion" seems to be a contradiction because religion is generally perceived as a serious or even suppressive phenomenon. This volume is the first to study the increase of enjoying religion systematically by presenting eleven new case studies, occurring on four continents. This volume concludes that in our late modern secular societies, the enjoyment of religion or of its loose elements is growing. In particular, when scholars concentrate on "lived religion" of ordinary people, cheerful experiences appear to prevail. Many people use pleasant (elements of) religion to add meaning to their lives, to find spiritual fulfillment or a way to salvation, and to experience belonging to a larger unity. At the same time, diverse cultural dynamics of late modern society such as popular culture, commercialization, re-enchantment, and feminization influence this trend of enjoying religion. In spite of secularization, playing with religion appears to be attractive--back cover.
650 0 $aReligious life$vCase studies.
650 7 $aReligious life.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01094112
655 7 $aCase studies.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01423765
700 1 $aJespers, F. P. M.,$d1951-$eeditor.
700 1 $aNieuwkerk, Karin van,$d1960-$eeditor.
700 1 $aVelde, Paul van der,$eeditor.
852 00 $bglx$hBL624$i.E48 2018g