Narrative and Belief - The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction

Informationen zum Autor Markus Altena Davidsen is University Lecturer in the Sociology of Religion at Leiden University, The Netherlands. For his doctoral dissertation, ‘The Spiritual Tolkien Milieu: A Study of Fiction-based Religion’ (2014), he received the Gerardus van der Leeuw Dissertation Award from the Dutch Association for the Study of Religion. Zusammenfassung Some consumers of fantasy and science fiction believe that the superhuman powers of the story-worlds, also exist in the real world. This book identifies the textual features that make certain works of fiction, including The Lord of the Rings and Star Wars, usable as religious texts. It was first published as a special issue of the journal Religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction – Narrative and Belief: The Religious Affordance of Supernatural Fiction 1. The difference between religious narratives and fictional literature: a matter of degree only 2. The religious affordance of fiction: towards a catalogue of veracity mechanisms in supernatural narratives 3. Contemporary fantasy fiction and representations of religion: playing with reality, myth and magic in His Dark Materials and Harry Potter 4.Fiction into religion: imagination, other worlds, and play in the formation of community 5. On elves and freethinkers: criticism of religion and the emergence of the literary fantastic in Nordic literature

Product details

• Authors: Markus Altena Davidsen
• Assisted by: Markus Altena Davidsen (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.12.2017
• EAN: 9781138559660
• ISBN: 978-1-138-55966-0
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Science Fiction, RELIGION / General, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Religion: general, Religion & beliefs, Religion and beliefs, Eclectic & Esoteric Religions & Belief Systems, Eclectic and esoteric religions and belief systems