{"product_id":"rave-culture-and-religion-9780415314497","title":"Rave Culture and Religion","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Graham St John\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Life Stages - Adolescence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003cem\u003eRave Culture and Religion\u003c\/em\u003e will be essential reading for advanced students and academics in the fields of sociology, cultural studies and religious studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46929540841623,"sku":"9780415314497","price":10526.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780415314497.webp?v=1771600446","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/rave-culture-and-religion-9780415314497","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}