Secular Steeples: Popular Culture and the Religious Imagination - Couverture souple

Ostwalt, Dr. Conrad

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1441172866 ISBN 13 : 9781441172860

Editeur : Bloomsbury Academic USA, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

An exploration of secularization in America, this book provides students with an innovative way of understanding the relationship between religion and secular culture. In Secular Steeples, Conrad Ostwalt challenges long-held assumptions about the relationship between religion and culture and about the impact of secularization. Moving away from the idea that religion will diminish as secularization continues, Ostwalt identifies areas of popular culture where secular and sacred views and objectives interact and enrich each other. The book demonstrates how religious institutions use the secular and popular media of television, movies, and music to make sacred teachings relevant. From megachurches to sports arenas, the Quran to Harry Potter, biker churches to virtual worship communities, Ostwalt demonstrates how religion persists across cultural forms, secular and sacred, with secular culture not only expressing religious messages more effectively, but also containing more authentic religious content than official religious teachings. An ideal text for anyone studying religion and popular culture, each chapter provides topics for discussion, a glossary of terms, links to websites and guided readings.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Conrad Ostwalt is Professor of Religious Studies and Chair of the Department of Philosophy and Religion at Appalachian State University, USA. His books include After Eden: Secularization in the Fiction of Willa Cather and Theodore Dreiser, Screening the Sacred: Religion, Myth, and Ideology in Popular American Film, and Love Valley: An American Utopia.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Academic USA
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1441172866
• ISBN 13: 9781441172860
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 288