Between Sacred and Profane: Researching Religion and Popular CultureGordon Lynch Bloomsbury Academic, 2007 M11 28 - 192 páginas Over the past ten years there has been an explosion of interest in how religion and the sacred connect with the media and cultures of everyday life. How are religious communities, identities and rituals being transformed by new media such as the internet? What is the significance of the media when for many people it becomes the primary source of images and of an encounter with religious traditions? Do the media and popular culture themselves take on religious significance, and how do people make use of these popular resources to 'do' religion in the contemporary world? As researchers have tried to answer these and other questions, a growing body of literature has begun to develop. "Between Sacred and Profane" offers a major review of this young and exciting field of scholarship, highlighting both its achievements and flaws, and setting out an agenda for its next phase of study. The book is an invaluable guide and handbook for beginning students who are looking for a first overview of the key issues and debates, as well as for more experienced scholars who wish to reflect on how their work will develop in future. |
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... complex consumer culture create a symbolic universe by integrating language , practices and symbols from seemingly religious and seemingly secular sources . We must understanding this complex cultural process , and the way that ...
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... complex subjectivity ( Pinn , 2003a ) of black Pentecostal faith . Regarding the politics of difference , the content of television and film attracted sustained discussion in the 1980s . Spurred on by the theoretical support of the ...
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Introduction | 1 |
Prospects | 21 |
Questioning Media and Religion | 34 |
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