Star Wars and Religion Bibliography

My research:

 

Porter, Jennifer E.  2006 “I am a Jedi”:   Star Wars Fandom, Religious Belief, and the 2001 Census,” in   Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise and Critics.   Mattthew Kapell and John Shelton Lawrence, eds.   New York:   Peter Lang, 95-112.

 

Porter, Jennifer E. 2006    “Religion, Science, and the Secularization of Spirituality in the Star Wars Saga.” Paper presented at the 2006 annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Toronto May 2006.

 

Porter, Jennifer E. 2004    “’Midichlorians are the Force and the Force is God’: Star Wars Fandom and Religious Belief.”  Paper presented at the 2004 annual meeting of the Canadian Society for the Study of Religion, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 2004.




Other Sources for the study of Star Wars and Religion/Philosophy/Myth


Allnutt, Frank 1999 Unlocking the Mystery of the Force .   (5 th Edition).


Allnutt, Frank.   2005a “Unlocking the Mystery of the Force.” FrankAllnutt.com .   2005a.   18 July, 2005.  http://www.frankallnutt.com/Force_Returns.htm .


Allnutt, Frand 2005b “How to Become a Real Jedi.”   FrankAllnut.com.   18 July, 2005.http://www.frankallnutt.com/How_to_become_a_real_Jedi.htm .


Apple(b)logue 2005  http://www.appleogue.net/2005/05/jesus-was-jedi-improbable.html . apple(b)logue 18 July, 2005.


Bortolin, Matthew 2005  The Dharma of Star Wars .   Boston: Wisdom Publications.


Bowen, Jonathan L. and Rachel Wagner 2006 “'Hokey Religions and Ancient Weapons':   The Force of Spirituality,” in   Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise and Critics.   Mattthew Kapell and John Shelton Lawrence, eds.   New York:   Peter Lang, 75-93.


Brennin, Kristen 2004 “Joseph Campbell.”   Star Wars Origins .   Jitterbug Fantasia Webzine. 20 May 2005.   http://www.jitterbug.com/origins/myth.html .  


Brin, David and Matthew Woodring Stover 2006  Star Wars on Trial: Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Debate the most popular Science Fiction Films of All Time .   Dallas:   Benbella Books.  


Brooker,Will 2002  Using the Force:   Creativity, Community and Star Wars Fans .   New York/London:   Continuum, 2002.


Canada.com   2003 “Some 20,000 Canadians worship at the altar of Yoda.”   Canada.com   19 May 2004.


Decker, Kevin S. and Jason T. Eberl 2005  Star Wars and Philosophy:   More Powerful Than You Can Possibly Imagine .    Chicago and LaSalle: Open Court..


Galipeau, Steven A. 2001  The Journey of Luke Skywalker: An Analysis of Modern Myth and Symbol .   Chicago and La Salle, Illinois: Open Court.


Gordon, Andrew 1995  “ Star Wars : A Myth for our Time" in Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film .   Ed. Joel W. Martin and Conrad E. Ostwalt, jr.   Boulder, Colorado: Westview,   73-82.


Hanson, Michael J. and Max S. Kay 2001  Star Wars : The New Myth .   Xlibris.


JEDI 2005  “JEDI website history.”   25 June, 2005.   http://www.thejedi.org/website/history/ .


Johnson, Brian D. 1999 “The Second Coming: As the Newest Star Wars Film Illustrates, Pop Culture has become a New Religion.”   Maclean's . May 24,1999, 14-18.


Kapell, Matthew Wilhelm. and John Shelton Lawrence 2006  Finding the Force of the Star Wars Franchise: Fans, Merchandise and Critics.   New York:   Peter Lang.


Kenny, Glenn (ed.)   2002 A Galaxy Not So Far Away:   Writers and Artists on Twenty-five Years of Star Wars.   New York:   An Owl Book.


Kiskin, Tom 2005 “Skatboards n' surfing get through to the hard-to-reach.” San Angelo Standard-Times . August 7, 1999. Sanangelostandardtimes.com 18 July 2005.  http://web.gosanangelo.com/archive/99/august/7/9.htm .

Perrott, Alan 2004  “Jedi Order lures 53,000 disciples.”   The New Zealand Herald . August 31, 2002.   NZHerald.co.nz.   19 May 2004.   http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=2352142 .


Porter, Jennifer E. See above!


Hellflower 1999    Luminous Beings and Crude Matter: Ethos and Elective Centre in the Online Jedi Community.   (Masters Thesis in Social Anthropology, Goldsmiths College, University of London)


Straub, Dick 2005  Christian Wisdom of the Jedi Masters .   Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons.


Times Online.   2004 “Jedi would be 4 th faith if permitted in the Census.”   Times Online .    Feb. 13 2003. Timesonline.co.uk.   19 May.   http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,1-576670,00.html .


Verbeeck, Muriel 2004   “Campbell, Star Wars and the Myth.” http://ibelgique.ifrance.com/sw-anthropo/txt/camptexteanglais.html 24 May.


Wilkinson, David 2000  The Power of the Force: The Spirituality of the Star Wars Films .   Oxford:   A Lion Book.