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Religion and popular culture in America / edited by Bruce David Forbes and Jeffrey H. Mahan.

Contributor(s): Forbes, Bruce David [editor.] | Mahan, Jeffrey H [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: Third editionDescription: xi, 446 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780520291447; 0520291441; 9780520291461; 0520291468Subject(s): Popular culture -- Religious aspects | Religion and culture -- United States | United States -- Religion -- 1960-DDC classification: 201/.70973 LOC classification: BL2525 | .R4613 2017Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction : finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes -- The origin(s) of Superman : reimagining religion in the Man of Steel / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. -- The Oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura -- Adventure time and sacred history : myth and reality in children's animated cartoons / Elijah Siegler -- Monstrous Muslims : historical anxieties and future trends / Sophia R. Arjana -- The weight of the world : religion and heavy metal music in four cases / Jason C. Bivins -- Christmas is like a snowball / Bruce David Forbes -- Mipsterz : hip, American, and Muslim / Kristin M. Peterson, Nabil Echchaibi -- Megachurches, celebrity pastors, and the evangelical industrial complex / Jessica Johnson -- People of the picture book : PJ Library and American Jewish religion / Rachel B. Gross -- Meditation-on-the-go : Buddhist smartphone apps as video game play / Gregory Price Grieve -- It's about faith in our future : Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra -- Shopping, religion, and the sacred "buyosphere" / Sarah McFarland Taylor -- Losing their way to salvation : women, weight loss, and the religion of thinness / Michelle M. Lelwica -- The "godding up" of American sports / Joseph L. Price -- Celebrity worship as parareligion : Bieber and the Beliebers / Pete Ward -- Yoga in popular culture : controversies and conflicts / Shreena Niketa Ghandi -- Mirror, mirror, on ourselves : Disney as a site of religio-cultural dialogue / Stephanie Brehm and Myev Rees -- Can watching a movie be a spiritual experience? / Robert K. Johnston -- Rap music and its message : on interpreting the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony B. Pinn -- Broadswords and face paint : why Braveheart still matters / Curtis D. Coats and Stewart M. Hoover.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL2525 .R4613 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903508097

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes -- The origin(s) of Superman : reimagining religion in the Man of Steel / Dan W. Clanton, Jr. -- The Oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura -- Adventure time and sacred history : myth and reality in children's animated cartoons / Elijah Siegler -- Monstrous Muslims : historical anxieties and future trends / Sophia R. Arjana -- The weight of the world : religion and heavy metal music in four cases / Jason C. Bivins -- Christmas is like a snowball / Bruce David Forbes -- Mipsterz : hip, American, and Muslim / Kristin M. Peterson, Nabil Echchaibi -- Megachurches, celebrity pastors, and the evangelical industrial complex / Jessica Johnson -- People of the picture book : PJ Library and American Jewish religion / Rachel B. Gross -- Meditation-on-the-go : Buddhist smartphone apps as video game play / Gregory Price Grieve -- It's about faith in our future : Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra -- Shopping, religion, and the sacred "buyosphere" / Sarah McFarland Taylor -- Losing their way to salvation : women, weight loss, and the religion of thinness / Michelle M. Lelwica -- The "godding up" of American sports / Joseph L. Price -- Celebrity worship as parareligion : Bieber and the Beliebers / Pete Ward -- Yoga in popular culture : controversies and conflicts / Shreena Niketa Ghandi -- Mirror, mirror, on ourselves : Disney as a site of religio-cultural dialogue / Stephanie Brehm and Myev Rees -- Can watching a movie be a spiritual experience? / Robert K. Johnston -- Rap music and its message : on interpreting the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony B. Pinn -- Broadswords and face paint : why Braveheart still matters / Curtis D. Coats and Stewart M. Hoover.

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