Fiction and Religion: How Narratives About the Supernatural Inspire Religious Belief

Abstract

Thematic issue on 'Fiction and Religion: How Narratives About the Supernatural Inspire Religious Belief', volume 46(4) of Religion. The thematic issue inclues the following articles:

Davidsen, Markus Altena, "Fiction and Religion: How Narratives About the Supernatural Inspire Religious Belief – Introducing the Thematic Issue".

Petersen, Anders Klostergaard, "The Difference Between Religious Narratives and Fictional Literature: A Matter of Degree Only". Davidsen, Markus Altena, "The Religious Affordance of Fiction: A Semiotic Approach". Feldt, Laura, "Contemporary Fantasy Fiction and Representations of Religion: Playing with Reality, Myth, and Magic in His Dark Materials and Harry Potter". Cusack, Carole M., "Fiction into Religion: Imagination, Other Worlds, and Play in the Formation of Community". Johannsen, Dirk, "On Elves and Freethinkers: Criticism of Religion and the Emergence of the Literary Fantastic in Nordic Literature".