Understanding Religion and Popular Culture (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Coody, Elizabeth Rae; Clark, Terry Ray; Clanton Jr., Dan W.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Divided into two parts; Issues in Religion and Genres in Popular Culture, this exciting volume encourages readers to think critically about the ways in which popular cultural practices and products, especially those considered as forms of entertainment, are laden with religious ideas, themes, and values.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000852370
• Artikelnr.: 67502581

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth Rae Coody is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa, United States and co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics (2020). Dan W. Clanton Jr. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Doane University, USA. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of a number of books and articles on religion, the Bible, and popular culture. Terry Ray Clark is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion Department at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword to the Second Edition: How to Use this Book Elizabeth Rae Coody
1. Introduction: What is Religion? What is Pop Culture? How are they
Related? Terry Ray Clark Part 1: Issues in Religion 2. Pop Culture's
Critique of Sacred Traditions: South Park and Satire Terry Ray Clark 3. A
New Myth: The Critical Study of Star Wars as Myth John C. McDowell 4. On
the Sacred Power of Violence in Popular Culture: American Football and the
Films of Tarantino Eric Bain-Selbo 5. What Makes Music Religious?:
Contemporary Christian Music and Secularization Courtney Wilder and Jeremy
Rehwaldt 6. Ecology and Religion: Climate Change in Popular Culture Dell
deChant 7. Ritual Doing, Religious Doing: Understanding Harry Potter Fan
Pilgrimages J. Caroline Toy 8. Sacred Writings: The Biblical Canon and the
Marvel Cinematic Universe Elizabeth Rae Coody Part 2: Genres in Popular
Culture 9. Cinema and Religion: The Horror Genre Douglas E. Cowan 10. Food
and What's Cooking in Pop Culture: Lord of the Lembas Jonathan Sands Wise
11. Television: The Big Bang Theory and Lived Religion Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
12. Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs' MAGDALENE and the
Liberating Power of Myth Siobhán Jolley 13. The Tarot as Material Religion
Cynthia A. Hogan 14. Fandom as Religion: Cosplay, Community, and Identity
America Wolff. Index