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Holy hype : a guide to religious fervor in the advertising of goods and the good news / Susan H. Sarapin, Pamela L. Morris.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sarapin, Susan H., 1951- author.
Morris, Pamela L., 1971- author.
Contributor:
Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Advertising--Religious aspects.
Advertising.
Religion in advertising.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (259 pages)
Distribution:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
Summary:
This book discusses the advertising technique of using religious symbols, themes, and rhetoric in the promotion of secular consumer goods and services and, inversely, the use of nonreligious themes in the promotion of religious goods, institutions, and services.
Contents:
Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Chapter 1: Preface: Let There Be Light
References
Chapter 2: Holy Hype: What, in Heaven's Name, Is It?
Overview
Source of the Term "Holy Hype"
Definitions of "Holy Hype"
Exploring the Definition
Semantics and Audiences
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Religion and Advertising: Scrambling the Sacred and the Profane
A New Religion
Not Quite a Religion
Not Holy Hype: American Civil Religion
From the Pulpit to Madison Avenue
Notes
Chapter 4: In the Beginning: At the Intersection of Damascus Road and Madison Avenue
Development of Holy Hype
Medieval Holy Hype
The Black Death
Protestantism and the Invention of the Printing Press
Rise of Commerce
Emergence of Secular Holy Hype
Apostle Spoons
Secular Holy Hype Goes to Press
Of Beer, Liqueur, and the Church When Modern Goes Medieval
Chapter 5: Selling the Goods Amidst the Good News
Verse 1
Adam and Eve and Creation
Angels
Biblical Sayings and Religion-Related Words
Divine, Sanctuary, Soul, Resurrection, and Saint
Verse 2
Devil and Evil
Funerals and Immortality
God and Jesus
Heaven and Hell
Holy
Verse 3
The Last Supper
Moses
Prayer and Worship
Chapter 6: Apparel: The Fabric of American Faith
Religious Merchandise in History
Christian Retail
The American T-Shirt
Religious Shirts
Chapter 7: Marketing Religion on the Streets
Selling Faith
Church Response
Marketplace of Religion
Branding Belief
Institutional Holy Hype Examples
Signs of Faith
Billboards in America
Examples
References.
Chapter 8: The Bible Tells Me So: Scriptural Stories of Survival Create Metaphors for the Advertising of Nonprofits
Metaphor
Three Universally Recognized Biblical Survival Narratives
Unique Needs of NPO Advertising
Neoiconistic Model for the Biblical Survival Story of Noah's Ark and the Flood: Case Studies: Green Building Council, Brazil, and Greenpeace
Chapter 9: Revelations of the Future of Holy Hype
Overview of the Book
The Culture of Holy Hype
The Future of Holy Hype
Index
About the Authors.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1-66699-530-4
1-7936-2935-8
OCLC:
1266196969

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