Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
66. How do Pagans Use Fiction and Film?
Pagan Religions in Five Minutes - Suzanne Owen
Carole M. Cusack [+]
University of Sydney
Carole M. Cusack is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Sydney. She researches and teaches on contemporary religious trends (including pilgrimage and tourism, modern Pagan religions, NRMs, and religion and popular culture). Her books include Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction and Faith (Ashgate, 2010) and (with Katharine Buljan) Anime, Religion, and Spirituality: Profane and Sacred Worlds in Contemporary Japan (Equinox, 2015). In 2016 she became Editor of Fieldwork in Religion, and she is also Editor of Literature & Aesthetics (journal of the Sydney Society of Literature and Aesthetics).
Description
Modern Pagans creatively blend imaginative sources to construct their religious practices, often drawing inspiration from fiction and films. Prominent examples are Discordianism and the Church of All Worlds, which were inspired by fictional works and are now part of Paganism. This underscores Paganism's adaptive and innovative nature in embracing various cultural influences to craft its diverse religious expressions.