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Daniel S. Wise on ghost hunting and the paranormal

March 29th, 2022 | Posted in ghost, ghost-hunter, paranormal

I had the privilege of having a conversation with Daniel Wise on the topic of ghost hunting and how this functions as a form of enchantment in late modernity. Daniel wrote his PhD dissertation on this topic.

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CFP Journal of Gods and Monsters Special Issues

October 18th, 2021 | Posted in Journal of Gods and Monsters, paranormal, race

CFP Journal of Gods and Monsters Upcoming Special Issues The Journal of Gods and Monsters is a peer-reviewed, open access journal that seeks to explore the connections between the sacred and the monstrous. “Religion” can refer to the world’s religious traditions or to ideas that are religious in a substantive sense, such as God, demons, […]

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Forthcoming volume on the paranormal

September 28th, 2021 | Posted in paranormal

I was pleased to learn of a forthcoming academic volume exploring the paranormal by Rachael Ironside and Robin Wooffitt. Ironside posted the book cover on Facebook, but no other information is available yet. It is titled Making Sense of the Paranormal: The Interactional Construction of Unexplained Experiences. This book should come out through Palgrave MacMillan […]

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Darryl Caterine on the paranormal in popular culture

July 29th, 2021 | Posted in paranormal

Here’s another podcast video from my other creative venture. In this conversation, Darryl Caterine and I discuss various aspects of the paranormal. Caterine is author of Haunted Ground: Journeys Through Paranormal America, and the volume we co-edited, The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape.

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“The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape” now available

May 9th, 2019 | Posted in paranormal, pop culture, postmodernism, religion

The Paranormal and Popular Culture: A Postmodern Religious Landscape (Routledge, 2019). This book makes a contribution to a number of academic disciplines, from the paranormal and religious studies to popular culture and media studies. As a hardbound academic volume it’s pricey, but perhaps you can secure one through university interlibrary loan, or a future paperback […]

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History Channel’s “Project Blue Book”: Hynek, UFOs and fictionalized biography

February 12th, 2019 | Posted in paranormal, UFOs

As any regular reader of this blog is aware, I have had a long-time interest in paranormal phenomena, and UFOs in particular. In the 1970s I grew up with paranormal documentaries and pseudo-documentaries, and was particularly fascinated by UFOs. My brother had a sighting when we were kids, and I was a member of MUFON, […]

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Forthcoming book in 2019: The Paranormal and Popular Culture

December 19th, 2018 | Posted in paranormal, pop culture

I am pleased to announce a February 2019 release date for one of my book projects in the coming year. It was a pleasure to co-edit with Darryl Caterine, and the wonderful contributors to this volume. I hope it makes a significant contribution to paranormal and pop culture studies. The Paranormal and Popular Culture A […]

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Video lectures now available from Supernatural in Contemporary Society conference

October 1st, 2018 | Posted in paranormal, supernatural

The Supernatural in Contemporary Society Conference was held in August of 2018. The conference description: The media reports ghostly encounters, supernatural TV and films continue to be popular genres, and professionalised groups and organisations offer commercial experiences of the otherworldly. It seems that regardless of scientific progress and rationale thought, the allure of the extraordinary […]

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Titles of Interest – The Supernatural in Society, Culture, and History

June 19th, 2018 | Posted in paranormal, supernatural, Titles of Interest

I am busy co-editing a volume on the paranormal in popular culture for Routledge and came across this forthcoming volume. The Supernatural in Society, Culture and History Edited by Dennis Waskul and Marc EatonTemple University Press, 2018 In the twenty-first century, as in centuries past, stories of the supernatural thrill and terrify us. But despite […]

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Titles of Interest: Pseudoscience and Science Fiction

April 16th, 2018 | Posted in paranormal, science fiction, Titles of Interest

Pseudoscience and Science Fiction by Andre May Springer, 2017 Aliens, flying saucers, ESP, the Bermuda Triangle, antigravity … are we talking about science fiction or pseudoscience? Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference. Both pseudoscience and science fiction (SF) are creative endeavours that have little in common with academic science, beyond the superficial trappings […]

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