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"Religion and popular culture is a fast-growing field that spans a variety of disciplines. This volume offers the first real survey of the field to date and provides a guide for the work of future scholars. It explores: key issues of definition and of methodology religious encounters with popular culture across media, material culture and space, ranging from videogames and social networks to cooking and kitsch, architecture and national monuments the representation of different religious traditions within the media and popular culture, mainly in the West but also including important non-western spheres such as Bollywood. Students will find the Companion an enjoyable and informative resource, whilst scholars will find it a stimulus to future work in the field"--

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"This is the first anthology to trace broader themes of religion and popular culture across time and theoretical methods. It provides key readings as well as new approaches and cutting-edge work, encouraging a broader methodological and historical understanding. With a combined teaching experience of over 30 years dedicated to teaching undergraduates, Richard J. Callahan, Jr., Lisle W. Dalton, and Eric Michael Mazur have ensured that the pedagogical features and structure of the volume are valuable to both students and their professors. The book: - is divided into a number of units based on common semester syllabi - provides a blend of materials focused on method with materials focused on subject - begins with an introduction to the texts for each unit - follows each unit with questions designed to encourage and enhance post-reading reflection and classroom discussion - has 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"--

Popular culture --- Religious aspects