Christopher Partridge
British academic (born 1961)
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Christopher Hugh Partridge (born 1961) is an author, editor, professor at Lancaster University, and founding Co-director of the Centre for the Study of Religion and Popular Culture.[2]
Born
1961 (age 64–65)
Christopher Hugh Partridge
1961 (age 64–65)
DisciplineReligious studies
Christopher Partridge | |
|---|---|
| Born | Christopher Hugh Partridge 1961 (age 64–65) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Aberdeen |
| Thesis | Revelation, Religion and Christian Uniqueness[1] (1995) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Religious studies |
| Institutions | Lancaster University |
Major works
- The Encyclopedia of New Religions: New Religious Movements, Sects and Alternative Spiritualities (Lion Hudson Plc, 2006)
- The Lure of the Dark Side: Satan & Western Demonology in Popular Culture (Equinox Publishing Ltd, SW11, 2008)
- The Re-Enchantment of the West: Alternative Spiritualities, Sacralization, Popular Culture and Occulture, Vol I and Vol II, (T. & T. Clark Publishers, 2006)[3][4][5]
- Dub in Babylon: The Emergence and Influence of Dub Reggae in Jamaica and Britain from King Tubby to Post-punk (Equinox Publishing, 2010)
- The Lyre of Orpheus: Popular Music, the Sacred, and the Profane (Oxford University Press, 2013)
- Mortality and Music: Popular Culture and the Awareness of Death (Bloomsbury, 2015)
- High Culture: Drugs, Mysticism, and the Pursuit of Transcendence in the Modern World (Oxford University Press, 2018)
- Cannabis, Sacred and Profane (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024)
