Secular steeples : popular culture and the religious imagination /: popular culture and the religious imagination. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Conrad Ostwalt.
• Other Names: Ostwalt, Conrad Eugene, 1959-
• Contents: Acknowledgments \ 1. Popular Culture, theReligious Imagination, and the Evolution of God \ 2. Secularization-TheEvolution of Western Religion \ Part I:Pre-text \ 3. Space/Place/Pre-text \ 4. Megachurches \ 5. Love Valley: The Sacralization of Secular Space \ Part II: Text \ 6. Narrative/Text \ 7.Religion and Secular Text \ PartIII: Post-text \ 8. Image/Post-text\ 9. A Cinematic Secular Apocalyptic Imagination \ Part IV:Con-text \ 10.Communitas/Con-text \ 11. The Motorcycle as American Icon and Symbol of SacredJourney \ 12. Emerging Religion: MachineGuns, Post-Christian Churches, The Internet, Snakes, and Science \ Conclusion: Theological Appropriation of Secularization: A Cooperative Model \ Works Cited \ Index.
• Edition: 2nd ed
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum International Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 201/.7; Popular culture -- Religious aspects; Religion and culture; Secularism; RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies; Popular culture -- Religious aspects; Religion and culture; Secularism; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1441183418; 9781441183415; 1441123148; 9781441123145
• Related ISBNs: 9781441156174; 1441156178; 9781441172860; 1441172866
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.