Religion and popular culture in America
By: edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan.
Contributors: Forbes, Bruce David.; Mahan, Jeffrey H.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Popular culture -- Religious aspects; Religion and culture -- United States; United States -- Religion -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-310) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura; title: Consecrating consumer culture: Christmas television specials / Robert J. Thompson; title: From American dream to American horizon: the religious dimensions in Louis L'Amour and Cormac McCarthy / Tery C. Muck; title: Like a sermon: popular religion in Madonna videos / Mark D. Hulsether; title: Evangelicals and popular music: the contemporary Christian music industry / William D. Romanowski; title: The electronic golden calf: transforming ritual and icon / Gregor Goethals; title: The cross at Willow Creek: seeker religion and the contemporary marketplace / Stewart M. Hoover; title: It's about faith in our future: Star trek famdom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra; title: Losing their way to salvation: women, weight loss, and the salvation myth of culture lite / Michelle M. Lelwica; 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: 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: Lost in Cyberspace? Gender, difference, and the Internet "utopia" / Meredith Underwood; title: Conclusion: establishing a dialogue about religion and popular culture / Jeffrey H. Mahan.