Rave Culture and Religion

The collection provides insights on developments in post-traditional religiosity (especially 'New Age' and 'Neo-Paganism') through studies of rave's Gnostic narratives of ascensionism and re-enchantment, explorations of the embodied spirituality and millennialist predispositions of dance culture, and investigations of transnational digital-art countercultures manifesting at geographic locations as diverse as Goa, India, and Nevada's Burning Man festival. Contributors examine raving as a new religious or revitalization movement; a powerful locus of sacrifice and transgression; a lived bodily experience; a practice comparable with world entheogenic rituals; and as evidencing a new Orientalism. Rave Culture and Religion will be essential reading for advanced students and academics in the fields of sociology, cultural studies and religious studies.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415552508
• ISBN13: 9780415552509
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"