Joseph Laycock has announced the publication of a special edition of a journal that focuses on the paranormal where he served as guest editor.
Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative and Emergent Religions, Vol. 18, No. 1, August 2014
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/nr.2014.18.issue-1
Table of Contents
Approaching the Paranormal
JOSEPH P. LAYCOCK
Abstract: This issue of Nova Religio is devoted to “the paranormal,” focusing specifically on discourses rejected by mainstream religion and traditional science. The author explains the historic and cultural significance of such topics as hauntings, seances, alien abductions, and more generally the concept of “paranormal” as a category of religious beliefs. These articles contribute to what what may be a new focus area in the study of new and emerging religions.
Radiant Healing: Gender, Belief and Alternative Medicine in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada 1927–1935
BETH A. ROBERTSON
Heirs through Fear: Indian Curses,A ccursed Indian Lands, and White Christian Sovereignty in America
DARRYL V. CATERINE
Transformation: Whitley Strieber’s Paranormal Gnosis
DAVID G. ROBERTSON
When the Veilis Thin: The Simpsons’ Treehouses of Horror Popular and Academic Comparisons of Paranormal and Religious Phenomena
DAVID FELTMATE
Be sure to check out the “paranormal” category here at TheoFantastique for past explorations of this topic.
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