The Routledge companion to religion and popular culture /
The Routledge companion to religion and popular culture / [edited by] John C. Lyden and Eric Michael Mazur. - Routledge religion companions .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 the representation of different religious traditions within the media and popular culture, mainly in the West but also including important non-western spheres such as Bollywood. Students will find the Companion an enjoyable and informative resource, whilst scholars will find it a stimulus to future work in the field"--
9780415638661 (hardback)
2014036433
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Religion and culture.
RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
BL65.C8 / R65 2015
201/.7
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"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 the representation of different religious traditions within the media and popular culture, mainly in the West but also including important non-western spheres such as Bollywood. Students will find the Companion an enjoyable and informative resource, whilst scholars will find it a stimulus to future work in the field"--
9780415638661 (hardback)
2014036433
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Religion and culture.
RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
BL65.C8 / R65 2015
201/.7