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Human - technological engagement.

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Historical precedents in the Western tradition for issues and themes in posthuman studies.

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An examination of modern and historical ufo phenomena.

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Informed by cognitive science of film and virtual environments, this essay extends the concept of... more Informed by cognitive science of film and virtual environments, this essay extends the concept of the dispositif, or social technology, to North American mainstream films and digital productions about religion and the religious supernatural. Social technology, a concept that emerged within the discipline of film theory, has been used to describe relationships of power created and sustained by certain social institutions. Examples include prisons, professional disciplines, and cinema. This essay focuses
on how cinematic and new media social technologies foster a unique form of spectatorship that influences belief in religion and the religious supernatural.
While spectators of productions about the religious supernatural
are consciously aware that they are watching a movie or other fictionalized narrative, cognitive science reveals that they are processing the narrative as real. Ethnographic research and the lore surrounding these productions confirm this assessment. This essay identifies these social technologies and examines implications for religious belief.

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Written for an undergraduate audience, this essay documents how representations of religion in po... more Written for an undergraduate audience, this essay documents how representations of religion in popular culture and within virtual environments inform religious belief.

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Much of the scholarship that examines the connections between film and religion is based on the a... more Much of the scholarship that examines the connections between film and religion is based on the assumption that there is a clear distinction between film reality and the reality of everyday life. In other words, viewers suspend their belief structures while enjoying a film about the supernatural, but they always maintain a conscious separation between the film and reality. This assumption is complicated when considering the urban legends and stories surrounding films like The Exorcist and The Passion of the Christ. The discourse that surrounds these films, the urban legends, tales and folklore, reveal a realism with respect to the supernatural and religion that defies the assumption of the film's status as fantasy. They literally bring the supernatural to life. In this way, they blur the assumed boundary between film reality and ordinary reality. In this sense they function much like a religious icon as used in popular devotional practices.

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First study of the location of purgatory, and how this was conceptualized over time Draws on a va... more First study of the location of purgatory, and how this was conceptualized over time
Draws on a variety of previously unpublished sources
First examination of purgatory apostolates

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Discusses Catholic themes in movies.

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Material Religion , 2008

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Studies in Religion-sciences Religieuses , 2003

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The Journal of The History of Childhood and Youth , 2009

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Situated at the theoretical interface between media studies and religious studies, this edited bo... more Situated at the theoretical interface between media studies and religious studies, this edited book will unveil the multiple ways in which new media intersects with the supernatural.

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The Preface to the forthcoming book American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology, with Oxford ... more The Preface to the forthcoming book American Cosmic: UFOs, Religion, and Technology, with Oxford University Press.

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