Religion as Entertainment
With a Foreword by Wade Clark Roof
©2003
Textbook
X,
301 Pages
Summary
In this collection of essays, religion in the United States is explored in terms of its interaction with an entertainment-focused culture. The first half of the book addresses questions of how religion actually fulfills an «entertaining» role in society, focusing on lay participation in faith communities, the goals and impact of preaching the rise of non-traditional religions and attraction of meditation in recent years, and the question of whether bigger crowds are always better. The second half of the book focuses on how religion is treated in various entertainment media, including film, music, television, and literature.
Details
- Pages
- X, 301
- Publication Year
- 2003
- ISBN (Softcover)
- 9780820456546
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- society culture meditation film music
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien, 2002. X, 301 pp., 3 ill.
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