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The Bible in/and popular culture : creative encounter / edited by Philip Culbertson and Elaine M. Wainwright.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Semeia studies ; no. 65.
- Society of Biblical Literature : semeia studies ; 65
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible--Influence.
- Bible.
- Popular culture--Religious aspects.
- Popular culture.
- Arts and religion.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 210 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In popular culture, the Bible is generally associated with films: The Passion of the Christ, The Ten Commandments, Jesus of Montreal, and many others.Less attention has been given to the relationship between the Bible and other popular media such as hip-hop, reggae, rock, and country and western music; popular and graphic novels; animated.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Title Page
- Contents
- Introduction
- Texts and Their Afterlives in Literature: A Frame
- Some Novel Remarks about Popular Culture and Religion: Salman Rushdie and the Adaptation of Sacred Texts, Michael J. Gilmour
- Texts and Their Afterlives in Music andOther Multimedia
- Red Dirt God: Divine Silence and the Search for Transcendent Beauty in the Music of Emmylou Harris, Mark McEntire
- "Here, There, and Everywhere": Images of Jesus in American Popular Culture, Dan W. Clanton Jr.
- 'Tis a Pity She's (Still) a Whore: Popular Music's Ambivalent Resistance to the Reclamation of Mary Magdalene, Philip Culbertson
- Spittin', Cursin', and Outin': Hip-Hop Apocalypse in the Imperial Necropolis, Jim Perkinson
- The Bible and Reggae: Liberation or Subjugation?, Noel Leo Erskine
- "Help Me Make It through the Night": Narrating Class and Country Music in the Theology of Paul, Tex Sample
- Jesus of the Moon: Nick Cave's Christology, Roland Boer
- Prophetic Voices in Graphic Novels: The "Comicand Tragic Vision" of Apocalyptic Rhetoric in Kingdom Come and Watchmen, Terry Ray Clark
- Reading "Pop-Wise": The Very Fine Art of "Making Do" When Reading the Bible in bro'Town, Steve Taylor
- Texts and Their Afterlives in Literature Again: A Frame
- Daemons and Angels: The End of the World according to Philip Pullman, Tina Pippin
- Responses
- Close Encounters: The Bible as Pre-Text in Popular Culture, Laura Copier, Jaap Kooijman, and Caroline Vander Stichele
- Pop Scripture: Creating Small Spaces for Social Change, Erin Runions
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-58983-494-1
- OCLC:
- 759160337
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