John Portmann

Gebundenes Buch

Celebrity Morals and the Loss of Religious Authority

Beschreibung

This book examines American popular culture to demonstrate that celebrities have superseded religious figures as moral authorities. As trust in religious institutions has waned over recent decades, the once frivolous entertainment fringe has become the moral center.

Autor

John Portmann is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, USA. He has written seven previous monographs, including Women and Gay Men in the Postwar Period (2016), The Ethics of Sex and Alzheimer's (2013), and Catholic Culture in the USA (2009) and has also edited an anthology on sin.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 186
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 449g
• ISBN-13: 9780367221386
• ISBN-10: 0367221381
• Artikelnr.: 56752539