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Are all the Gefs dead? What one talking mongoose can teach us about the Disenchantment of the World (Isabelle Doyle)

Are all the Gefs dead? What one talking mongoose can teach us about the Disenchantment of the World (Isabelle Doyle)

Posted on 11 March 2026 by Jan Machielsen

Our modern age is, by many accounts, a disenchanted one - comparatively lacklustre and drained of supernatural substance from the time of the Reformation onwards. This, as Max Weber suggested, […]

Swiftmania: The medieval ‘cult of saints’ and the modern ‘cult of swifties’ (Cerys Brown)

Swiftmania: The medieval ‘cult of saints’ and the modern ‘cult of swifties’ (Cerys Brown)

Posted on 27 November 2024 by Jan Machielsen

In our latest blog post, Cerys Brown reflects on the cult of Taylor Swift and its debts to medieval religion. ‘You’re the new god we’re worshipping’. This is a lyric […]