Religion and popular culture in America /
Religion and popular culture in America /
edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan.
- Rev. ed.
- Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2005.
- xiii, 326 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-314) and index.
Introduction: finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes -- 1. The oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura -- 2. Consecrating consumer culture : Christmas television specials / Robert J. Thompson -- 3. Re-mythologizing the divine feminine in The Da Vinci code and The secret life of bees / Jennie S. Knight -- 4. Like a sermon: popular religion in Madonna videos / Mark D. Hulsether -- 5. Evangelicals and popular music: the contemporary Christian music industry / William D. Romanowski -- 6. The Internet and Christian and Muslim communities / Greg Peterson -- 7. The cross at willow creek: seeker religion and the contemporary marketplace / Stewart M. Hoover -- 8. It's about faith in our future: Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra -- 9. Losing their way to salvation: women, weight loss, and the salvation myth of culture lite / Michelle M. Lelwica -- 10. An American apotheosis : sports as popular religion / Joseph L. Price -- 11. The church of baseball, the fetish of Coca-Cola, and the potlatch of rock 'n' roll / David Chidester -- 12. The disguise of vengeance in Pale rider / Robert Jewett -- 13. Rap music and its message : on interpreting the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony Pinn -- 14. The gender dynamics of the Left behind series / Amy Johnson Frykholm -- Conclusion : establishing a dialogue about religion and popular culture / Jeffrey H. Mahan.
0520246896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005041870
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Religion and culture--United States.
United States--Religion--1960-
BL2525 / .R4613 2005
201/.7/0973
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-314) and index.
Introduction: finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes -- 1. The oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura -- 2. Consecrating consumer culture : Christmas television specials / Robert J. Thompson -- 3. Re-mythologizing the divine feminine in The Da Vinci code and The secret life of bees / Jennie S. Knight -- 4. Like a sermon: popular religion in Madonna videos / Mark D. Hulsether -- 5. Evangelicals and popular music: the contemporary Christian music industry / William D. Romanowski -- 6. The Internet and Christian and Muslim communities / Greg Peterson -- 7. The cross at willow creek: seeker religion and the contemporary marketplace / Stewart M. Hoover -- 8. It's about faith in our future: Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra -- 9. Losing their way to salvation: women, weight loss, and the salvation myth of culture lite / Michelle M. Lelwica -- 10. An American apotheosis : sports as popular religion / Joseph L. Price -- 11. The church of baseball, the fetish of Coca-Cola, and the potlatch of rock 'n' roll / David Chidester -- 12. The disguise of vengeance in Pale rider / Robert Jewett -- 13. Rap music and its message : on interpreting the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony Pinn -- 14. The gender dynamics of the Left behind series / Amy Johnson Frykholm -- Conclusion : establishing a dialogue about religion and popular culture / Jeffrey H. Mahan.
0520246896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2005041870
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Religion and culture--United States.
United States--Religion--1960-
BL2525 / .R4613 2005
201/.7/0973