Seeing through the invisible pink unicorn

This paper explores the quasi-religious aspects of the Invisible Pink Unicorn (IPU), an internet based spoof of religion. IPU message boards situate a moral orientation in an ongoing interactional process that sacralizes parody and an idealized form of "free thinking." We employ content an...

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Authors: Abel, Andrew Stuart (Author) ; Schaefer, Andrew (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Creighton University 2010
In: The journal of religion & society
Year: 2010, Volume: 12
Further subjects:B Online chat groups
B Parody
B Computer bulletin boards
B Cyber space
B Interpersonal Relations
B Internet; Religious aspects
B Religious thought; 2000-
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