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From Angels to Aliens
Lynn Schofield Clark
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Description for From Angels to Aliens
Paperback. "Harry Potter", "Buffy the Vampire Slayer", and the "Left Behind" series are the various manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. Exploring the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices, this book seeks to discover what teens really believe. Num Pages: 304 pages, Numerous halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRLK; JFSP2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 466.
Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Left Behind series are but the latest manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. In this groundbreaking book, Lynn Schofield Clark explores the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices. Relying on stories gleaned from more than 250 in-depth interviews with teens and their families, Clark seeks to discover what today's teens really believe and why. She finds that as adherence to formal religious bodies declines, interest in alternative spiritualities as well as belief in "superstition" grow accordingly. Ironically, she argues, fundamentalist Christian alarmism ... Read more
Harry Potter, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and the Left Behind series are but the latest manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. In this groundbreaking book, Lynn Schofield Clark explores the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices. Relying on stories gleaned from more than 250 in-depth interviews with teens and their families, Clark seeks to discover what today's teens really believe and why. She finds that as adherence to formal religious bodies declines, interest in alternative spiritualities as well as belief in "superstition" grow accordingly. Ironically, she argues, fundamentalist Christian alarmism ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195300239
SKU
V9780195300239
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Ref
99-6
About Lynn Schofield Clark
Lynn Schofield Clark is Assistant Research Professor at the University of Colorado's School of Journalism and Mass Communication and co-editor of Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture (2002). A former television producer and marketing professional, Clark has provided volunteer leadership with young people for more than fifteen years. She currently teaches critical/cultural ... Read more
Reviews for From Angels to Aliens
This book makes a major contribution to the literature on religion and popular culture...
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