Beth Singler
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Exploring 21st Century New Religious Movements, Beth’s research is situated at the intersection of web 2.0 and religious studies. Using digital and real world ethnographical methods, her PhD focuses on the Indigo Children - a New Age re-conception of both children and adults using the language of evolution and spirituality. Are the Indigo Children special, psychic and here to change the world? Or is the label just a way of re-imagining difficult children and difficult childhoods? Beth’s research considers these issues as well as wider moral panics around children, parenting, the diagnosis of conditions such as ADHD and autism and conspiracy theories about Big Pharma and vaccinations.
Other areas of research include Jediism, Scientology, Paganism and online religious subcultures.