title: Sacralisation of the Popular. Methodological Approaches to Religion-Like Phenomena in Contemporary Religious Studies
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metadata.value: Mikhelson, Olga K.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2018-04-05T11:03:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2018-04-05T11:03:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2018-03
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metadata.value: Mikhelson O. K. Sacralisation of the Popular. Methodological Approaches to Religion- Like Phenomena in Contemporary Religious Studies. Vestnik SPbSU. Philosophy and Conflict Studies, 2018, vol. 34, issue 1, pp. 122–137.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu17.2018.112
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/9357
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The paper is devoted to a topical subject for contemporary religious studies — sacralisation
  of the profane, particularly manifested in the sacralization of popular culture products. These
  processes can be described as religion-like phenomena, and their understanding is important
  for the adequate perception of the Western religion of the XXI century. The purpose of this
  paper is to present possible interpretations of the religion-like phenomena proposed in contemporary
  religious studies, so the objects included considering concepts that describe the peculiarities
  and key features of contemporary Western religiosity and the debate about secularization
  and post-secularism, as well as analyzing the main methodological approaches to the
  religion-like phenomena study. The paper shows that some of these approaches remain within
  the framework of theology, while others are methodologically based on postmodern philosophy
  or cognitive studies and evolutionary psychology. It is proposed that although cognitive
  methodology is well applicable to the study of religion-like phenomena, a complete rejection
  of its functionalist interpretation appears to be wrong as religion-like phenomena perform a
  number of important functions generally inherent of religion. The conclusions are supported
  by illustrative material first of all provided by musical variants of religion-like phenomena
  as they appear to illustrate most clearly the features of such phenomena. A cognitive theory
  of narrative proposed by L. Rue turns out to be productive when analyzing music religionlike
  phenomena along with various psychological concepts, exploring the celebrities worship
  syndrome (CWS), as well as purely physiological approaches, based on studying the effects of
  music on hormones production and the impact of the latter on individuals and groups.
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metadata.value: Подготовлено при поддержке гранта РФФИ № 17-33-01128 «Современная популярная музыка как форма имплицитной религиозности».
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Philosophy and Conflict Studies;Volume 34; Issue 1
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religion-like phenomena
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: secularization
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: religion and popular culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Sacralisation of the Popular. Methodological Approaches to Religion-Like Phenomena in Contemporary Religious Studies
metadata.lang: en_GB
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metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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