The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture
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London; New York: Routledge (2015), xvii, 583 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
Series: Routledge Religion Companions
ISBN 9781138322738 (pbk); 9781315724478 (online)
"Religion and popular culture is a fast-growing field that spans a variety of disciplines. This volume offers the first real survey of the field to date and provides a guide for the work of future scholars. It explores: "key issues of definition and of methodology, religious encounters with popular culture across media, material culture and space, ranging from videogames and social networks to cooking and kitsch, architecture and national monuments, representations of religious traditions in the media and popular culture, including important non-Western spheres such as Bollywood." (Publisher description)
I. APPROACHING THE DISCIPLINE OF RELIGION AND POPULAR CULTURE
1 Definitions: What is the Subject Matter of "Religion and Popular Culture"? / John Lyden, 7
2 Conversations & Confessions: Who's Writing About This, and Why? / Eric Michael Mazur, 21
II. ENCOUNTERS WITH POPULAR CULTURE
SECTION A. MEDIATED ENCOUNTERS, 37
3 Television / Elijah Siegler, 41
4 Journalism / Jolyon Mitchell, 65
5 Film / John Lyden, 80
6 Radio / Tona Hangen, 100
7 Music / Mark Hulsether, 115
8 Video- & Internet Games / Rachel Wagner, 137
9 Internet & Social Networking / Heidi Campbell & Paul Emerson Teusner, 154
10 Advertising / Tricia Sheffield, 169
SECTION B. MATERIAL ENCOUNTERS, 183
11 Popular Literature / Jennie Chapman, 187
12 Comics & Graphic Novels / Christine Hoff Kraemer & A. David Lewis, 210
13 Food & Cooking / Benjamin Zeller, 228
14 Fashion / Edward Dutton, 246
15 Games & Dolls / Nikki Bado & Rebecca Sachs Norris, 261
16 Kitsch / Leonard Norman Primiano, 281
SECTION C. LOCATIVE ENCOUNTERS, 313
17 Shopping & Consumption / Sarah McFarland Taylor, 317
18 Electronic Dance Music Events / Graham St John, 336
19 Sport / Jeffrey Scholes, 356
20 Monuments of Civil Religion / Darryl Caterine, 378
III. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, 397
21 Buddhism / James Shields, 401
22 Roman Catholicism / Rodger Payne, 419
23 Hinduism / Sheila J. Nayar, 440
24 Islam / William Lafi Youmans, 460
25 Judaism / Eric Michael Mazur, 477
26 Mormonism / Lee Trepanier, Lynita Newswander & Chad Newswander, 501
27 Contemporary Paganism / Jodie Vann, 519
28 Protestantism / Clive Marsh, 538
1 Definitions: What is the Subject Matter of "Religion and Popular Culture"? / John Lyden, 7
2 Conversations & Confessions: Who's Writing About This, and Why? / Eric Michael Mazur, 21
II. ENCOUNTERS WITH POPULAR CULTURE
SECTION A. MEDIATED ENCOUNTERS, 37
3 Television / Elijah Siegler, 41
4 Journalism / Jolyon Mitchell, 65
5 Film / John Lyden, 80
6 Radio / Tona Hangen, 100
7 Music / Mark Hulsether, 115
8 Video- & Internet Games / Rachel Wagner, 137
9 Internet & Social Networking / Heidi Campbell & Paul Emerson Teusner, 154
10 Advertising / Tricia Sheffield, 169
SECTION B. MATERIAL ENCOUNTERS, 183
11 Popular Literature / Jennie Chapman, 187
12 Comics & Graphic Novels / Christine Hoff Kraemer & A. David Lewis, 210
13 Food & Cooking / Benjamin Zeller, 228
14 Fashion / Edward Dutton, 246
15 Games & Dolls / Nikki Bado & Rebecca Sachs Norris, 261
16 Kitsch / Leonard Norman Primiano, 281
SECTION C. LOCATIVE ENCOUNTERS, 313
17 Shopping & Consumption / Sarah McFarland Taylor, 317
18 Electronic Dance Music Events / Graham St John, 336
19 Sport / Jeffrey Scholes, 356
20 Monuments of Civil Religion / Darryl Caterine, 378
III. RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS, 397
21 Buddhism / James Shields, 401
22 Roman Catholicism / Rodger Payne, 419
23 Hinduism / Sheila J. Nayar, 440
24 Islam / William Lafi Youmans, 460
25 Judaism / Eric Michael Mazur, 477
26 Mormonism / Lee Trepanier, Lynita Newswander & Chad Newswander, 501
27 Contemporary Paganism / Jodie Vann, 519
28 Protestantism / Clive Marsh, 538
