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RELIGION
IN CULTURAL IMAGINARY
The edited volume Religion in Cultural Imaginary was published
in 2015. The multivalent concept of the imaginary is utilized
to capture the presence and diffusion of religious references,
symbols, worldviews and narratives in various media and social
spheres, including politics, economics, art and popular culture.
Used to describe the reception and transformation of religious
references through time and cultures, imaginary can be defined
as a shared pool of mental images and material products, of ideas,
symbols, values and practices that sustain meaning-making processes
and cohesion within a collective. Situated at the intersection
of sociological, political-philosophical, and cultural studies
approaches to religion, this interdisciplinary study offers an
intense exchange between theoretical discussions of religion in
cultural imaginaries and richly researched empirical analysis.
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