UID:
almahu_9949530786502882
Format:
1 online resource (234 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9781003079729
,
1003079725
,
9781000852370
,
1000852377
,
9781000852349
,
1000852342
Content:
Understanding Religion and Popular Culture 2nd edition provides an accessible introduction to this exciting and rapidly evolving field. Divided into two parts, Issues in Religion and Genres in Popular Culture, it 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. This edition has been thoroughly revised and includes five new chapters, updated case studies, and contemporary references. Among the areas covered are religion and film, food, violence, music, television, cosplay, and fandom. Each chapter also includes a helpful summary, glossary, bibliography, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading/viewing. Providing a set of practical and theoretical tools for learning and research, this book is an essential read for all students of Religion and Popular Culture, or Religion and Media more broadly.
Note:
Foreword to the Second Edition: How to Use this Book / Elizabeth Rae Coody -- Introduction: What is Religion? What is Pop Culture? How are they Related? / Terry Ray Clark -- Issues in Religion -- Pop Culture's Critique of Sacred Traditions: South Park and Satire / Terry Ray Clark -- A New Myth: The Critical Study of Star Wars as Myth / John C. McDowell -- On the Sacred Power of Violence in Popular Culture: American Football and the Films of Tarantino / Eric Bain-Selbo -- What Makes Music Religious?: Contemporary Christian Music and Secularization / Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt -- Ecology and Religion: Climate Change in Popular Culture / Dell deChant -- Ritual Doing, Religious Doing: Understanding Harry Potter Fan Pilgrimages / J. Caroline Toy -- Sacred Writings: The Biblical Canon and the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Elizabeth Rae Coody -- Part 2: Genres in Popular Culture -- Cinema and Religion: The Horror Genre / Douglas E. Cowan -- Food and What's Cooking in Pop Culture: Lord of the Lembas / Jonathan Sands Wise -- Television: The Big Bang Theory and Lived Religion / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. -- Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs' MAGDALENE and the Liberating Power of Myth / Siobhan Jolley -- The Tarot as Material Religion / Cynthia A. Hogan -- Fandom as Religion: Cosplay, Community, and Identity / America Wolff.
Additional Edition:
Print version : ISBN 9780367528799
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9781003079729
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003079729
