TY  - BOOK
AU  - Forbes,Bruce David
AU  - Mahan,Jeffrey H.
TI  - Religion and popular culture in America
SN  - 0520246896 (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - BL2525 .R4613 2005
U1  - 201/.7/0973 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Berkeley, Calif.
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Popular culture
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Religion and culture
KW  - United States
KW  - Religion
KW  - 1960-
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-314) and index; Introduction: finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes -- 1. The oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura -- 2. Consecrating consumer culture : Christmas television specials / Robert J. Thompson -- 3. Re-mythologizing the divine feminine in The Da Vinci code and The secret life of bees / Jennie S. Knight -- 4. Like a sermon: popular religion in Madonna videos / Mark D. Hulsether -- 5. Evangelicals and popular music: the contemporary Christian music industry / William D. Romanowski -- 6. The Internet and Christian and Muslim communities / Greg Peterson -- 7. The cross at willow creek: seeker religion and the contemporary marketplace / Stewart M. Hoover -- 8. It's about faith in our future: Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra -- 9. Losing their way to salvation: women, weight loss, and the salvation myth of culture lite / Michelle M. Lelwica -- 10. An American apotheosis : sports as popular religion / Joseph L. Price -- 11. The church of baseball, the fetish of Coca-Cola, and the potlatch of rock 'n' roll / David Chidester -- 12. The disguise of vengeance in Pale rider / Robert Jewett -- 13. Rap music and its message : on interpreting the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony Pinn -- 14. The gender dynamics of the Left behind series / Amy Johnson Frykholm -- Conclusion : establishing a dialogue about religion and popular culture / Jeffrey H. Mahan
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