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Understanding Theology and Popular Culture » (1st Edition)
Authors: Gordon Lynch
ISBN-13: 9781405117487, ISBN-10: 1405117486
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
Date Published: January 2005
Edition: 1st Edition
Author Biography: Gordon Lynch
Gordon Lynch is Lecturer in Practical Theology at the University of Birmingham. His previous publications include After Religion: “Generation X” and the Search for Meaning (2002). He has also created the Theology and Popular Culture Gateway which is one of the first academic Internet gateways for the study of theology and contemporary culture.
Book Synopsis
Understanding Theology and Popular Culture is one of the first books to give an overview of the key issues and methods in this field of study.
Table of Contents
| Ch. 1 | What is "popular culture"? | 1 |
| Ch. 2 | Why should theologians and scholars of religion study popular culture? | 20 |
| Ch. 3 | Machines, TVs, and shopping : the shape of everyday life in contemporary western society | 43 |
| Ch. 4 | Can popular culture be bad for your health? | 69 |
| Ch. 5 | Developing a theological approach to the study of popular culture | 93 |
| Ch. 6 | An author-focused approach to studying popular culture : Eminem and the redemption of violence | 111 |
| Ch. 7 | Text-based approaches to studying popular culture : "Homer the heretic" and civil religion | 135 |
| Ch. 8 | An ethnographic approach to studying popular culture : the religious significance of club culture | 162 |
| Ch. 9 | Taking steps towards a theological aesthetics of popular culture | 184 |
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