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Author | : Christopher D. Bader |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 319 |
Release | : 2017-04-18 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1479819654 |
"Based on extensive research and their own unique personal experiences, the authors reveal that a significant number of Americans hold these beliefs, and that for better or worse, we undoubtedly live in a paranormal America. Readers will join the authors as they participate in psychic and palm readings, and have their auras photographed, join a Bigfoot hunt, follow a group of celebrity ghost hunters as they investigate claims of a haunted classroom, and visit a support group for alien abductees."--Provided by publisher.
Author | : Robert Cozzolino |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2021-05-03 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9780226786827 |
America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars--are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling for contact, these otherworldly visitors have been central to our national identity. Through times of mourning and trauma, artists have been integral to visualizing ghosts, whether national or personal, and in doing so have embraced the uncanny and the inexplicable. This stunning catalog, accompanying the first major exhibition to assess the spectral in American art, explores the numerous ways American artists have made sense of their own experiences of the paranormal and the supernatural, developing a rich visual culture of the intangible. Featuring artists from James McNeill Whistler and Kerry James Marshall to artist/mediums who made images with spirits during séances, this catalog covers more than two hundred years of the supernatural in American art. Here we find works that explore haunting, UFO sightings, and a broad range of experiential responses to other worldly contact.
Author | : Christopher D. Bader |
Publisher | : NYU Press |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 2011-01-05 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780814791349 |
A significant number of Americans spend their weekends at UFO conventions hearing whispers of government cover-ups, at New Age gatherings learning the keys to enlightenment, or ambling around historical downtowns learning about resident ghosts in tourist-targeted “ghost walks”. They have been fed a steady diet of fictional shows with paranormal themes such as The X-Files, Supernatural, and Medium, shows that may seek to simply entertain, but also serve to disseminate paranormal beliefs. The public hunger for the paranormal seems insatiable. Paranormal America provides the definitive portrait of Americans who believe in or have experienced such phenomena as ghosts, Bigfoot, UFOs, psychic phenomena, astrology, and the power of mediums. However, unlike many books on the paranormal, this volume does not focus on proving or disproving the paranormal, but rather on understanding the people who believe and how those beliefs shape their lives. Drawing on the Baylor Religion Survey—a multi-year national random sample of American religious values, practices, and behaviors—as well as extensive fieldwork including joining hunts for Bigfoot and spending the night in a haunted house, authors Christopher Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph Baker shed light on what the various types of paranormal experiences, beliefs, and activities claimed by Americans are; whether holding an unconventional belief, such as believing in Bigfoot, means that one is unconventional in other attitudes and behaviors; who has such experiences and beliefs and how they differ from other Americans; and if we can expect major religions to emerge from the paranormal. Brimming with engaging personal stories and provocative findings, Paranormal America is an entertaining yet authoritative look at a growing segment of American religious culture.
Author | : Marc E. Fitch |
Publisher | : Praeger |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-03-21 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 0313382069 |
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Author | : Michael Norman |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 420 |
Release | : 2007-09-18 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9780765319678 |
Contains over seventy tales of ghostly hauntings from each of the fifty United States and Canada.
Author | : Michael Teitelbaum |
Publisher | : Yearling |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2012-07-10 |
Genre | : Children's stories |
ISBN | : 0440421187 |
Original publication and copyright date: 2007.
Author | : Troy Taylor |
Publisher | : Whitechapel Productions |
Total Pages | : 406 |
Release | : 2017-04-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781892523990 |
From the mediums of Spiritualism's golden age to the ghost hunters of the modern era, Taylor shines a light on the phantasms and frauds of the past, the first researchers who dared to investigate the unknown, and the stories and events that galvanized the pubic and created the paranormal field that we know today.
Author | : Darryl V. Caterine |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2011-08-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0313392781 |
This fascinating and insightful tour through present-day meetings of Spiritualists, UFOlogists, and dowsers illuminates our obsession with the paranormal and challenges the misunderstanding of the paranormal as a marginal or inconsequential feature of America's religious landscape. According to a 2005 Gallup poll, 75 percent of Americans believe in some form of paranormal activity. The United States has had a collective fascination with the paranormal since the mid-1800s, and it remains an integral part of our culture. Haunted Ground: Journeys through a Paranormal America examines three of the most vibrant paranormal gatherings in the United States—Lily Dale, a Spiritualist summer camp; the Roswell UFO Festival; and the American Society of Dowsers' annual convention of "water witches"—to explore and explain the reasons for our obsession with the paranormal. Both academically informed and thoroughly entertaining, this book takes readers on a "road trip" through our nation, guided by professor of American religion Darryl V. Caterine, PhD. The author interprets seemingly unrelated case studies of phantasmagoria collectively as an integral part of the modern discourse about "nature" as ultimate reality. Along the way, Dr. Caterine reveals how Americans' interest in the paranormal is rooted in their anxieties about cultural, political, and economic instability—and in a historic sense of alienation and homelessness.
Author | : Sherri Granato |
Publisher | : LifeRich Publishing |
Total Pages | : 487 |
Release | : 2015-04-09 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 1489704299 |
Haunted America & Other Paranormal Travels allows the reader to discover haunted venues in every state in America and even some abroad. Creepy tales from celebrities, ghost-riddled trains and highways, eerie phenomena, and unexplained anomalies. Its all here if you dare.
Author | : Paige V. Polinsky |
Publisher | : Bellwether Media |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 2021-08-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1648344488 |
In South Carolina, a man dressed in grey walks along the beach. Is it someone going for a stroll? Or could it be a ghostly omen that warns residents of an oncoming storm? In this title, reluctant readers will explore ghost stories of North America. Creepy images and engaging text pull readers in, and additional special features connect stories to different cultures, highlight scientific explanations, and show the origins of these frightening fables.