Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories: Comparing and Connecting Old and New Trends

Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 Introduction: Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories -- Part I Reading History with New (Conspiracist) Lenses -- 2 The Bacchanalian Conspiracy: From th...

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Main Author: Piraino, Francesco (Author)
Contributors: Pasi, Marco (Contributor) ; Asprem, Egil (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Milton Taylor & Francis Group 2022
In:Year: 2022
Series/Journal:Conspiracy Theories Ser.
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Conspiracy theory / Religion / Comparison of cultures / History
Further subjects:B Theology, Doctrinal
B Electronic books
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures and Tables -- 1 Introduction: Religious Dimensions of Conspiracy Theories -- Part I Reading History with New (Conspiracist) Lenses -- 2 The Bacchanalian Conspiracy: From the Paranoid Style to Conspirituality -- 3 Magic, Money, Ink, and Blood: Mediating the Social Body in the Case of Simon of Trent -- 4 Anti-Masonic Conspiracy Theories and Universal Religion: From the French Revolution to the New World Order -- 5 Conceptualising Secret Societies and Conspiracy Theories in Imperial Japan: From Countering Socialism to Rescuing Jewish Refugees -- Part II Connecting New Phenomena with Old Trends -- 6 Esoteric Nationalism and Conspiracism in WWI -- 7 'Going to the Ends of the Earth to Unmask Conspiracy': Radical Skepticism in the Modern Gnostic Narratives of the Lectorium Rosicrucianum -- 8 'Toxic Positivity': From New Thought to Donald Trump -- 9 Conspiracy Theory, Altered States, and Alternative Community: Conspiracy Beliefs in a Sample of Nordic Yoga-Practitioners -- 10 Conspiracy Theories in Africa: A Continuum of Narratives about Evil Agents -- 11 When Conspiracy Meets Faith: Making Sense of Tragic Events in Bucharest, Romania -- 12 Jesuit Fathers, Maronites, Muslim ʿUlamāʾ, and Islamists: The Role of Religious Institutions and Organisations in the Spread of the Judeo-Masonic Conspiracy Myth in the Middle East -- 13 The Eurasia Network: Riding the Conspiracist Tiger in Contemporary Italy -- 14 Qvangelicalism: QAnon as a Hyper-Real Religion -- Index.
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ISBN:1000782654