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Religion and popular culture in America /

"Since 2000, Religion and Popular Culture in America has been one [of the] standard books used in teaching this area of study. Modestly updated in 2005, it continues to be taught in colleges, universities and theological schools across the continent. The basic four-part structure of Religion an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Forbes, Bruce David (Editor ), Mahan, Jeffrey H. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]
Edición:Third edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes
  • The origin(s) of Superman : reimagining religion in the Man of Steel / Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
  • The Oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura
  • Adventure time and sacred history : myth and reality in children's animated cartoons / Elijah Siegler
  • Monstrous Muslims : historical anxieties and future trends / Sophia R. Arjana
  • The weight of the world : religion and heavy metal music in four cases / Jason C. Bivins
  • Christmas is like a snowball / Bruce David Forbes
  • Mipsterz : hip, American, and Muslim / Kristin M. Peterson, Nabil Echchaibi
  • Megachurches, celebrity pastors, and the evangelical industrial complex / Jessica Johnson
  • People of the picture book : PJ Library and American Jewish religion / Rachel B. Gross
  • Meditation-on-the-go : Buddhist smartphone apps as video game play / Gregory Price Grieve
  • It's about faith in our future : Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra
  • Shopping, religion, and the sacred "buyosphere" / Sarah McFarland Taylor
  • Losing their way to salvation : women, weight loss, and the religion of thinness / Michelle M. Lelwica
  • The "godding up" of American sports / Joseph L. Price
  • Celebrity worship as parareligion : Bieber and the Beliebers / Pete Ward
  • Yoga in popular culture : controversies and conflicts / Shreena Niketa Ghandi
  • Mirror, mirror, on ourselves : Disney as a site of religio-cultural dialogue / Stephanie Brehm and Myev Rees
  • Can watching a movie be a spiritual experience? / Robert K. Johnston
  • Rap music and its message : on the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony B. Pinn
  • Broadswords and face paint : why Braveheart still matters / Curtis D. Coats and Stewart M. Hoover
  • Discussion questions.