Often considered to be in opposition; American popular culture and popular religion are connected; forming and informing new ways of thinking; writing and practicing religion and theology. Film; television; music; sports and video games are integral to understanding the spiritual; the secular and the in-between in the modern world. In its revised second edition; this book explores how religious issues of canonicity; scriptural authority; morality; belief and unbelief are worked out not in churches; seminaries or university classrooms; but in our popular culture. Topics new to this edition include lived religion; digital technology; new trends in belief and identification; the film Noah (2014); the television series True Blood; Kanye Westrsquo;s music; the video game Fallout and media events of recent years. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
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