This chapter examines some of the ways in which fandoms have become interwoven with
religion and spirituality. It provides a discussion of what constitutes “fandom” and highlights …

Drawing on in-depth, narrative interviews with 24 self-identified Otherkin, Therianthropes,
and Vampires, we explore how members of these communities navigate Bamberg's three …

Religions | Free Full-Text | Mediatization of Religion and Its Impact on Youth Identity Formation
in Contemporary China Next Article in Journal Beyond Nation and Empire? Questioning the …

This chapter looks at the intersection of environmentalism and theology within climate fiction.
Climate fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction in which climate, and especially climate …

Deploying a distinctive disaggregative approach to the study of'religion', this volume shows
that spiritual movements with extensive counterfactual beliefs have been much more …

Abstract The Freedom of Religion Act in Finland dates to 1922, but before 2003 only one
community with no connections with the so-called world religions,'scientific'Totuuden …

» Fictional Practices of Spirituality «provides critical insight into the implementation of belief,
mysticism, religion, and spirituality into worlds of fiction, be it interactive or non-interactive …

Belief in absolute truths is overrated. This study argues that inspiring tales imaginatively
woven can serve as a playful and creative frame of orientation, inspiration, and action: a life …

The study of religion and popular culture can be divided into three primary approaches. The
first is how religions are portrayed in popular culture (eg Wysocki 2018). These approaches …

This article explores the shifting landscape of religious freedom, focusing on the growing
population of religiously unaffiliated individuals, or “nones.” It delves into the complexities of …