Religion and Popular Culture in America

Name: Religion and Popular Culture in America
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ISBN: 9780520246898

ISBN-10: 0520246896

ISBN-13: 9780520246898

Edition: 2nd 2005 (Revised)

Authors: Bruce David Forbes, Jeffrey H. Mahan, B. D. Forbes

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The connections between American popular culture and religion is the subject of this multifaceted and innovative collection. Ranging from religious themes in cowboy fiction to Madonna's "Like a Prayer," from televangelism to the world of sports, the book's contributors offer fascinating insights into what popular culture reveals about the nature of American religion today. Bruce David Forbes provides an introductory essay that states the book's organizing principles. The first group of essays examines the appearance of explicit religious content or implicit religious themes in popular culture, focusing on such particulars as Christmas television specials and the fiction of Louis L'Amour…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/17/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 340
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Bruce David Forbes is Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa. Jeffrey H. Mahan is Associate Professor of Ministry, Media, and Culture at Iliff School of Theology in Denver and coauthor of Shared Wisdom: A Guide to Case Study Reflection in Ministry (1993).



Preface to the Revised Edition


Preface to the First Edition


Introduction: Finding Religion in Unexpected Places




Religion in Popular Culture



The Oriental Monk in American Popular Culture




Consecrating Consumer Culture: Christmas Television Specials




Re-Mythologizing the Divine Feminine in The Da Vinci Code and The Secret Life of Bees




Like a Sermon: Popular Religion in Madonna Videos




Popular Culture in Religion



Evangelicals and Popular Music: The Contemporary Christian Music Industry




The Internet and Christian and Muslim Communities




The Cross at Willow Creek: Seeker Religion and the Contemporary Marketplace




Popular Culture as Religion



It's about Faith in Our Future: Star Trek Fandom as Cultural Religion




Losing Their Way to Salvation: Women, Weight Loss, and the Salvation Myth of Culture Lite




An American Apotheosis: Sports as Popular Religion




The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlatch of Rock 'n' Roll




Religion and Popular Culture in Dialogue



The Disguise of Vengeance in Pale Rider




Rap Music and Its Message: On Interpreting the Contact between Religion and Popular Culture




The Gender Dynamics of the Left Behind Series



Conclusion: Establishing a Dialogue about Religion and Popular Culture



Discussion Questions


Contributors