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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, 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.
Contents
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
