Secular Steeples 2nd edition: Popular Culture and the Religious Imagination
Ostwalt, Conrad
ISBN 10: 1441172866 ISBN 13: 9781441172860
Published by Bloomsbury Academic, 2012
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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.
About the Author: 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.
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Title: Secular Steeples 2nd edition: Popular ...
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Good
Edition: 2nd Edition