The Bloomsbury Reader in the Study of Religion and Popular Culture (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Dalton, Lisle W.; Callahan, Jr.; Mazur, Eric Michael

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This is the first anthology to trace broader themes of religion and popular culture across time and theoretical methods. It provides key readings, encouraging a broader methodological and historical understanding.

With a combined experience of over 30 years dedicated to teaching undergraduates, Lisle W. Dalton, Eric Michael Mazur, and Richard J. Callahan, Jr. have ensured that the pedagogical features and structure of the volume are valuable to both students and their professors. Features include:

- A number of units based on common semester syllabi
- A blend of materials focused on method with materials focused on subject
- An introduction to the texts for each unit
- Questions designed to encourage and enhance post-reading reflection and classroom discussion
- A glossary of terms from the unit's readings, as well as suggestions for further reading and investigation.

The Reader is suitable as the foundational textbook for any undergraduate course on religion and popular culture, as well as theory in the study of religion.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781472586247
• Artikelnr.: 62745161

Autorenporträt

Lisle W. Dalton is Professor of Religious Studies at Hartwick College, USA. He is former co-chair of the Religion and Popular Culture Group of the American Academy of Religion. Eric Michael Mazur is Gloria & David Furman Professor of Judaic Studies at Virginia Wesleyan University, USA. Richard J. Callahan, Jr. is Lecturer in Religious Studies at Gonzaga University, USA. He is former co-chair of the Religion and Popular Culture Group of the American Academy of Religion.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Unit I. The Study of Religion and Popular Culture Introduction to Unit I 1. Charles Long
"Popular Religion" (2005) and David Chidester
"Planet Hollywood" (2005) Connections: Typologies Unit II. Foundational Texts in the Study of Religion & Popular Culture Introduction to Unit II 2. Sigmund Freud: "On Dreams" (1904) and "The Psychopathology of Everyday Life" (1911) Connections: Freud
Psychoanalysis
and the Fairy Tale Connections: Freud
Cultural Critique
Self-Help
and Religionized Therapy 3. Emile Durkheim: "Origins of These Beliefs" (1915) Connections: Durkheim
Memorial Day
and Civil Religion Connections: Durkheim and Totemism at the Stadium 4. Max Horkheimer and Theodor Adorno: "The Culture Industry" (1944) Connections: Horkheimer
Adorno
Religion
Consumer Culture
and Advertising Connections: Horkheimer
Adorno
and Selling Religion 5. Paul Tillich: "Aspects of a Religious Analysis of Culture" (1959) Connections: Tillich
Theology
and Culture Connections: Tillich and "The Gospel According to." 6. Roland Barthes: "Myth Today" (1957) Connections: Barthes
Poaching
and Fandom Connections: Barthes and Religion as Critique 7. Victor Turner: "Betwixt and Between" (1967) Connections: Turner and Liminal Raving Connections: Turner
Religion
Sports
and Digital Gaming 8. Mircea Eliade: "The Myths of the Modern World" (1967) Connections: Eliade and the Monomyth Connections: Eliade
Myth
and the "Buddy" Genre 9. Peter Berger: "Religion and World Construction" (1967) Connections: Berger and McDonald's as Sacrament of Modernity Connections: Berger and Monsters of Chaos 10. Clifford Geertz: "Religion as a Cultural System" (1973) Connections: Geertz at the Movies Connections: Geertz and the American Flag as a Sacred Symbol 11. Edward Said: "Introduction" from Orientalism (1978) Connections: Said
Race
& Religion Connections: Said's Orientalism
Religion
and Pop Culture 12. Stuart Hall: "Notes on Deconstructing 'the Popular'" (1981) Connections: Hall
Race
Identity
and Popular Music Connections: Hall
Dominance
and Resistance through Popular Culture 13. Elaine Showalter: "Feminist Criticism in the Wilderness" (1981) Connections: Showalter and the Long Arc of Joan Connections: Showalter and the Varieties of Gender Experience 14. Catherine Bell: "Characteristics of Ritual-Like Activities" (1997) Connections: Bell
Religion
and Nationalism Connections: Bell and Parades Unit III. Durable Forms in the Study of Religion & Popular Culture Introduction to Unit III 15. Who We Are: Saints
Heroes
and Monsters 16. Where We Are: Sacred Space 17. What We Know: Myths and Sacred Texts 18. Where We Go: Pilgrimages 19. What We Do: Public Ritual
Carnivals
and Parades Bibliography Index