From Angels to Aliens: Teenagers, the Media and the Supernatural
Teenagers, the Media and the Supernatural
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Harry Potter and Buffy the Vampire Slayer are but the latest manifestations of American teenagers' longstanding fascination with the supernatural and the paranormal. In this book, Lynn Schofield Clark explores the implications of this fascination for contemporary religious and spiritual practices.;Focusing on stories gleaned from more than 250 in-depth interviews with teens and their families, Clark seeks to discover what today's teens really believe and why. She finds that as adherence to formal religious bodies declines, interest in alternative spiritualities as well as belief in "superstition" grow accordingly. Ironically, she argues, fundamentalist Christian alarmism about the forces of evil has also fed belief in a wider array of supernatural entities. Resisting the claim that the media "brainwash" teens, Clark argues that today's popular stories of demons, hell, and the afterlife actually have their roots in the US's religious heritage. Our Price: £20.00
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Author/Artist Lynn Schofield Clark
ISBN/Ref 9780195156096
0195156099
Size: 234mm(H) x 156mm(W) x 25mm(D) ( 0.573Kg ) Pages 304
Publisher Oxford University Press
Published 2003-03-31
Format hardback
Product ID 26704
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