Religion and popular culture in America
By: edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780585362816
Copyright date: 2000
Subjects: Popular culture; Religious aspects; Religion and culture; Religion; Culture populaire; Aspect religieux; Religion et culture; RELIGION; Comparative Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Finding Religion in Unexpected Places  -- Bruce David Forbes; title: Religion in Popular Culture --; title: The Oriental Monk in American Popular Culture  -- Jane Naomi Iwamura; title: Consecrating Consumer Culture: Christmas Television Specials  -- Robert J. Thompson; title: Re-Mythologizing the Divine Feminine in The Da Vinci Code and The Secret Life of Bees  -- Jennie S. Knight; title: Like a Sermon: Popular Religion in Madonna Videos  -- Mark D. Hulsether; title: Popular Culture in Religion --; title: Evangelicals and Popular Music: The Contemporary Christian Music Industry  -- William D. Romanowski; title: The Internet and Christian and Muslim Communities  -- Greg Peterson; title: The Cross at Willow Creek: Seeker Religion and the Contemporary Marketplace  -- Stewart M. Hoover; title: Popular Culture as Religion --; title: It's about Faith in Our Future: Star Trek Fandom as Cultural Religion  -- Michael Jindra; title: Losing Their Way to Salvation: Women, Weight Loss, and the Salvation Myth of Culture Lite  -- Michelle M. Lewica; title: An American Apotheosis: Sports as Popular Religion  -- Joseph L. Price; title: The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlatch of Rock 'n' Roll  -- David Chidester; title: Religion and Popular Culture in Dialogue --; title: The Disguise of Vengeance in Pale Rider  -- Robert Jewett; title: Rap Music and Its Message: On Interpreting the Contact between Religion and Popular Culture  -- Anthony Pinn; title: The Gender Dynamics of the Left Behind Series  -- Amy Johnson Frykholm; title: Conclusion: Establishing a Dialogue about Religion and Popular Culture -- Jeffrey H. Mahan.