Erika Engstrom, Joseph M. Valenzano

Television, Religion, and Supernatural

Hunting Monsters, Finding Gods

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Produktbeschreibung

This book uses a theory-based inquiry of the nuanced religious messages in the TV series Supernatural, whichpresents religious themes through horror and fantasy to show a Christianity without Christ. It uncovers how entertainment television provides a conduit for religious messages that speak to the role of contemporary American faith.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 403g
• ISBN-13: 9780739184752
• ISBN-10: 073918475X
• Artikelnr.: 40140887

Autorenporträt

Erika Engstrom is professor of communication studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of The Bride Factory: Mass Media Portrayals of Women and Weddings. Joseph M. Valenzano, III, is assistant professor and basic course director at the University of Dayton. He has co-authored two public speaking textbooks, The Speaker: The Tradition and Practice of Public Speaking and The Speaker's Primer.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents Chapter One: Introduction-Religion, Mass Media, and Supernatural
Chapter Two: Plurality of Religion Chapter Three: Hegemony of Religion
Chapter Four: Horsemen and Homilies Chapter Five: A Divinely Ordained Civil
Religion Chapter Six: Conclusion References