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Title: Religion and Popular Culture in America by Bruce David Forbes, Jeffrey H. Mahan ISBN: 0-520-22028-5 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: February, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Religious Experience?
Comment: This text, which is , in fact an anthology of academic papers on the topic of religion(s) and popular culture is limited by the fact that it only deals with the United States while claiming to deal with America? Other than this, however the essays are for the most part informative, intelligent and lucid in an easily accessible diction and content. Not being a huge fan of abstract theoretical constructions myself, I found the articles well-organized and significant in their content. At the same time, the extensive annotated bibliographies that accompanied each article were useful for myself in tracking down relevant data with regards to the articles about the internet, Pale Rider and Rap music and would, I assume, be likewise for those interested in pursuing other subjects such as the presence of sports and religion or weight loss as a soteriological undertaking.
While I definitely feet that there is a tremendous amount to be gained from reading these articles as far as their in-depth analysis of the interrelationship between Religion and Popular Culture in the United States, I also was intrigued by the fact that. The editors of the volume as well as the vast majority of their contributors felt compelled to support, or rather accepted as a foregone conclusion the concept that religious and popular cultures constitute two areas of thought and endeavor that are, more or less, mutually distinguishable. It seemed to me, even before reading the text, that religion is, primarily another manifestation of popular culture. One of its unique characteristics is the attempt of its supporters to construct an immutable facade which belies the extreme volatility and changeability of even its most cherished and central concepts and practices.
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Title: The Enticement of Religion by Kees W. Bolle ISBN: 026802765X Publisher: Univ of Notre Dame Pr Pub. Date: October, 2002 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Spirituality and the Secular Quest (World Spirituality, V. 22) by Peter H. Van Ness ISBN: 0824507746 Publisher: Crossroad/Herder & Herder Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: After Heaven: Spirituality in America Since the 1950s by Robert Wuthnow ISBN: 0520222288 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: June, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture by Eric Michael Mazur, Kate McCarthy ISBN: 0415925649 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Postmodern God: A Theological Reader (Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology) by Graham Ward ISBN: 0631201416 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: November, 1997 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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