Fake religions, politics and ironic fandom: the Church of the SubGenius , "Zontar" and American televangelism
This paper challenges recent arguments that the Church of the SubGenius (COSG) is a ‘real’ religious organization, in that it purportedly provides a path to spiritual enlightenment. Besides downplaying the COSG’s comedic aspects, these essentialist approaches have largely ignored its historical deve...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Taylor & Francis
[2016]
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| In: |
Culture and religion
Year: 2016, Volume: 17, Issue: 2, Pages: 129-147 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Church of the SubGenius
/ Fun
/ Irony
/ Fan
/ Pseudo-religion
B USA / Television / Evangelization |
| RelBib Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations RH Evangelization; Christian media |
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Volltext (doi) |