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Understanding religion and popular culture : theories, themes, products and practices / edited by Terry Ray Clark and Dan W. Clanton, Jr.

Contributor(s): Clark, Terry Ray | Clanton, Dan W
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2012Description: ix, 216 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415781060 (pbk); 041578106X (pbk); 9780415781046; 0415781043Subject(s): Popular culture -- Religious aspects | Religion and cultureDDC classification: 306.6 LOC classification: BL65.C8 | U53 2012Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction: What is religion? What is popular culture? How are they related? / Terry Ray Clark -- Saved by satire? : learning to value popular culture's critique of sacred traditions / Terry Ray Clark -- Religion and ecology in popular culture / Dell Dechant -- Religion in science fiction film and television / Douglas E. Cowan -- Religion and cinema horror / Douglas E. Cowan -- On the sacred power of violence in popular culture / Eric Bain-Selbo -- On the job and among the elect : religion and the salvation of Sipowicz in NYPD blue / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. -- "Unlearn what you have learned" (yoda) : the critical study of the myth of Star wars / John C. McDowell -- Religion and video games : shooting aliens in cathedrals / Rachel Wagner -- The Coca-Cola brand and religion / Jeffrey Scholes -- What makes music Christian? : hipsters, contemporary Christian music and secularization / Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt -- Lord of the Lembas : a study of what's cooking in pop culture / Jonathan Sands Wise -- Cursing then and now : Jeremiah's scroll and the Boston Red Sox jersey (can the Bible shed light on pop culture practices?) / Terry Ray Clark -- Postmodern prophecy : Bob Dylan and the practices of self-subversion / Mark W. Flory.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL65 .C8 U53 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903499529

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: What is religion? What is popular culture? How are they related? / Terry Ray Clark -- Saved by satire? : learning to value popular culture's critique of sacred traditions / Terry Ray Clark -- Religion and ecology in popular culture / Dell Dechant -- Religion in science fiction film and television / Douglas E. Cowan -- Religion and cinema horror / Douglas E. Cowan -- On the sacred power of violence in popular culture / Eric Bain-Selbo -- On the job and among the elect : religion and the salvation of Sipowicz in NYPD blue / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. -- "Unlearn what you have learned" (yoda) : the critical study of the myth of Star wars / John C. McDowell -- Religion and video games : shooting aliens in cathedrals / Rachel Wagner -- The Coca-Cola brand and religion / Jeffrey Scholes -- What makes music Christian? : hipsters, contemporary Christian music and secularization / Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt -- Lord of the Lembas : a study of what's cooking in pop culture / Jonathan Sands Wise -- Cursing then and now : Jeremiah's scroll and the Boston Red Sox jersey (can the Bible shed light on pop culture practices?) / Terry Ray Clark -- Postmodern prophecy : Bob Dylan and the practices of self-subversion / Mark W. Flory.

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