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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100313392773

ISBN-139780313392771

eBay Product ID (ePID)102846267

Product Key Features

Number of Pages228 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHaunted Ground : Journeys Through a Paranormal America

SubjectGeneral

Publication Year2011

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaReligion

AuthorDarryl V. Caterine

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.6 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2011-015116

Dewey Edition22

Number of Volumes1 vol.

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal130.973

Table Of ContentPrologue Acknowledgments Introduction: Afoot and Lighthearted 1 Lily Dale: To Wonder Is to Wander 2 Lily Dale (Cont'd): Inner Wandering 3 Roswell: Cast Adrift 4 Roswell (Cont'd): Behemoth 5 The Dowsers's Convention: In Arcadia 6 The Dowsers's Convention (Cont'd): Et in Arcadia Ego Epilogue: The Damned Facts Notes Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis 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., 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., 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.

LC Classification NumberBF1031.C444 2011