Popular Spiritualities : The Politics of Contemporary Enchantment (Hardcover)

Contents: Introduction, Lynne Hume and Kathleen McPhillips. Part 1 Re-enchantment Tropes in Popular Culture: Liminal beings and the undead: vampires in the 21st century, Lynne Hume; The quest for identity: spiritual feminist ritual as an enactment of medieval romance, Patricia Rose; The Goddess Tour: spiritual tourism/postmodern pilgrimage in search of Atlantis, Bob Hodge; Discworld and otherworld: the imaginative use of fantasy literature among pagans, Graham Harvey; Superheroes and the development of latent abilities: a hyper-real re-enchantment?, Adam Possamai; Memorialization and immortality: religion, community and the internet, Margaret Gibson. Part 2 Queer Enchantment and Religious Borderlands: Enchanting camp: a case study of queer politics through the medium of ritual performance, Michael Carden; Entheogens, elves and other entities: encountering the spirits of shamanic plants and substances, Des Tramacchi; Enchanting women: priestessing in America, Wendy Griffin; Becoming Radical Faerie: queering the spirit of the circle, Bill Rodgers; Drumming and re-enchantment: creating spiritual community, Tanice G. Foltz. Part 3 Disrupting the Rational: Enchantment as Political Response: Believing in post-modernity: technologies of enchantment in contemporary Marian devotion, Kathleen McPhillips; Practising New Age soteriologies in the rational order, Steven J. Sutcliffe; 'There's bulldozers in the fairy garden': re-enchantment narratives within British eco-paganism, Andy Letcher; Reclaiming the future at Goolengook: going feral and becoming native in Australia, Graham St John. Index.