The connection between popular culture and religion is an enduring part of American life. With seventy-five percent new content, the third edition of this multi

This book views itself as the 'hyper-real testament' of new religious phenomena by addressing the theories, among many others of Baudrillard, Jameson and Lipove

The connection between American popular culture and religion is the subject of this multifaceted and innovative collection. In fourteen lively essays whose topi

This introductory text provides students with an extremely useful 'toolbox' of approaches for analyzing religion and popular culture.

Often considered to be in opposition, American popular culture and popular religion are connected, forming and informing new ways of thinking, writing and pract