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Religion and Popular Culture in America

By Bruce David Forbes , Jeffrey H. Mahan

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2005
ISBN
0520246896, 9780520246898
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
18 MB (18417895 bytes)
Edition
2 Revised
Pages
340\341
Time added
2017-04-05 11:18:06
Christian Living;Business & Professional Growth;Co

Description

The connection between American popular culture and religion is the subject of this multifaceted and innovative collection. In fourteen lively essays whose topics range from the divine feminine in The Da Vinci Code to Madonna's "Like a Prayer," and from the world of sports to the ways in which cyberculture has influenced traditional religions, this book offers fascinating insights into what popular culture reveals about the nature of American religion today. Revised throughout, this new edition features three new essays—including a fascinating look at the role of women in apocalyptic fiction such as the Left Behind series—and editor Bruce David Forbes has written a new introduction. In addition to the new textual material, each chapter concludes with a set of suggested discussion questions.

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