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Routledge companion to religion and popular culture - London Routledge 2015 - Routledge religion companions .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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"--

ISBN: 9780415638661

LCCN: 2014036433

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Religion and culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
RELIGION / Christian Rituals & Practice / General.

LC Class. No.: BL65.C8 / R65 2015