Is Jediism a Religion?
December 19, 2019
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Jediism came to prominence in 2001 during the UK census when a bunch of people claimed to be "Jedi" as their religion. But there also is a real-world movement of people calling themselves Jediists, followers of Jediism. How should religious studies scholars study this movement? Is it a religion?
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Bibliography:
Adam Possamai and Murray Lee, “Hyper-real religions: Fear, anxiety and late-modern religious innovation,”
Adam Possamai, "Handbook of Hyper-real Religions," 2012.
Carole Cusack, "Invented Religions: Imagination, Fiction, and Faith," Ashgate: 2010.
Henry Jenkins, “Quentin Tarantino’s Star Wars?: Digital Cinema, Media Convergence, and Participatory Culture,” 2013.
Debra McCormick, “From Jesus Christ to Jedi Knight—validity and viability of new religious movements in late modernity. In Proceedings Social Change in the 21st Century Conference 2006, Queensland University of Technology.
Zoe Alderton, “Snapewives and Snapeism: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom,” Religions, 2014 5(1), 219-267.
Church of Jediism basics
UK Charity Commission Report
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