Religion and popular culture in America / edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forbes, Bruce David, editor.

Mahan, Jeffrey H., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular culture--Religious aspects.

Popular culture.

Religion and culture--United States.

Religion and culture.

United States--Religion--1960-.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 pages)

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multifaceted and popular collection has been revised and updated throughout to provide greater religious diversity in its topics and address critical developments in the study of religion and popular culture. Ideal for classroom use, this expanded volumegives increased attention to the implications of digital culture and the increasingly interactive quality of popular cultureprovides a framework to help students understand and appreciate the work in diverse fields, methods, and perspectivescontains an updated introduction, discussion questions, and other instructional tools

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface to the Third Edition

Introduction: Finding Religion in Unexpected Places / Forbes, Bruce David

Part I. Religion in Popular Culture

Introduction / Mahan, Jeffrey H.

1. The Origin(s) of Superman: Reimagining Religion in the Man of Steel / Clanton Jr., Dan W.

2. The Oriental Monk in American Popular Culture / Iwamura, Jane Naomi

3. Adventure Time and Sacred History: Myth and Reality in Children's Animated Cartoons / Siegler, Elijah

4. Monstrous Muslims: Historical Anxieties and Future Trends / Arjana, Sophia Rose

5. The Weight of the World: Religion and Heavy Metal Music in Four Cases / Bivins, Jason C.

Part II. Popular Culture in Religion

6. Christmas Is Like a Snowball / Forbes, Bruce David

7. Mipsterz: Hip, American, and Muslim / Peterson, Kristin M. / Echchaibi, Nabil

8. Megachurches, Celebrity Pastors, and the Evangelical Industrial Complex / Johnson, Jessica

9. People of the Picture Book: PJ Library and American Jewish Religion / Gross, Rachel B.

10. Meditation on the Go: Buddhist Smartphone Apps as Video Game Play / Price Grieve, Gregory

Part III. Popular Culture as Religion

11. It's About Faith in Our Future: Star Trek Fandom as Cultural Religion / Jindra, Michael

12. Shopping, Religion, and the Sacred "Buyosphere" / McFarland Taylor, Sarah

13. Losing Their Way to Salvation: Women, Weight Loss, and the Religion of Thinness / Lelwica, Michelle M.

14. The "Godding Up" of American Sports / Price, Joseph L.

15. Celebrity Worship as Parareligion: Bieber and the Beliebers / Ward, Pete

Part IV. Religion and Popular Culture in Dialogue

16. Yoga in Popular Culture: Controversies and Conflicts / Gandhi, Shreena Niketa

17. Mirror, Mirror on Ourselves: Disney as a Site of Religio-Cultural Dialogue / Brehm, Stephanie / Rees, Myev

18. Can Watching a Movie Be a Spiritual Experience? / Johnston, Robert K.

19. Rap Music and Its Message: On Interpreting the Contact between Religion and Popular Culture / Pinn, Anthony B.

20. Broadswords and Face Paint: Why Braveheart Still Matters / Coats, Curtis D. / Hoover, Stewart M.

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

9780520965225

0520965221

OCLC:

1100433251