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Understanding religion and popular culture / edited by Terry Ray Clark and Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--Religious aspects.
- Popular culture.
- Religion and culture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 216 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2012.
- System Details:
- data file
- Biography/History:
- 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.
- Contents:
- Understanding Religion and Popular Culture
- Notes on contributors
- Introduction: What is religion What is popular culture How are they related
- 1. Saved by satire Learning to value popular culture's critique of sacred traditions
- 2. Religion and ecology in popular culture
- 3. Religion in science fiction film and television
- 4. Religion and cinema horror
- 5. On the sacred power of violence in popular culture
- 6. On the job and among the elect: religion and the salvation of Sipowicz in NYPD Blue.
- 7. "Unlearn what you have learned" (yoda): the critical study of the myth of Star Wars
- 8. Religion and video games: shooting aliens in cathedrals
- 9. The Coca-Cola brand and religion
- 10. What makes music Christian Hipsters, contemporary Christian music and secularization
- 11. Lord of the Lembas: A study of what's cooking in pop culture
- 12. Cursing then and now: Jeremiah's Scroll and the Boston Red Sox Jersey (can the Bible shed light on pop culture practices)
- 13. Postmodern prophecy: Bob Dylan and the practices of self-subversion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based upon online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed April 24th, 2023).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Adam & Tracy Bernstein Collection Endowment Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Understanding religion and popular culture.
- ISBN:
- 9780203119570
- 0203119576
- 9781136316050
- 1136316051
- 9781003079729
- 1003079725
- 9781000852370
- 1000852377
- 9781000852349
- 1000852342
- Publisher Number:
- 40032212780
- 9786613642431
- 40021126457
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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