Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion in the Media Revised Second Edition Contributor(s): Murphy, Liam D. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 151651095X ISBN-13: 9781516510955 Publisher: Cognella Academic Publishing OUR PRICE: $87.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Physical Information: 0.39" H x 7" W x 10" (0.72 lbs) 182 pages |
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Publisher Description: Western popular culture is saturated with ideas drawn from religious institutions and a variety of other forms of awareness. In an age that many view as secular, news accounts are replete with sensationalist stories about inexplicable supernatural events. The Occult, mythology, vampires, zombies, ghosts and apparitions, and paranormal activity are but a few of the supernatural or cosmological themes and images that are felt in everyday life. Liam D. Murphy is a professor of anthropology at California State University, Sacramento. He is the author of many articles and research papers on religion, politics, and identity, published in such peer-reviewed journals as the Journal of Ritual Studies, the Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe, Anthropology in Action, and the Anthropological Journal of European Cultures. He is also co-author (with Paul A. Erickson) of A History of Anthropological Theory (UTP Higher Education, 2013) and co-editor (with Paul A. Erickson) of Readings for a History of Anthropological Theory (UTP Higher Education, 2013). A specialist on religion in Northern Ireland, Murphy is also the author of Believing in Belfast: Charismatic Christianity after the Troubles (Carolina Academic Press, 2010). His current ethnographic research focuses on heavy metal and cultural identity in Western France. |