God and popular culture : a behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment industry's most influential figure /: a behind-the-scenes look at the entertainment industry's most influential figure. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephen Butler Murray and Aimée Upjohn Light, editors.
• Editors: Murray, Stephen Butler; Light, Aimée Upjohn
• Contents: Introduction Stephen Butler Murray and Aimée Upjohn LightGOD AND SPORTSChapter One: Soccer Is My Religion, the Stadium Is My Church: Soccer and/as ReligionRebecca A. Chabot with Jason NealChapter Two: Cage Fighting for JesusCarmen CelestiniChapter Three: Evangelical Fight Clubs and the Power of Religious MetaphorB. J. Parker, Rebecca Whitten Poe Hays, and Nicholas R. WerseChapter Four: Python Wrassling: "Is God Really Real, or Is There Some Doubt?"Brian Cogan and Jeff MasseyGOD AND POLITICS AND COMMERCEChapter Five: God in the Well of the SenateJeremy G. MalloryChapter Six: The Evangelist and the Venture Capitalist: A Parable for the 21st CenturyRobert BrancatelliChapter Seven: Ministering to the Spiritual Side of Trade: The Sacred Language of AdvertisingAndris BerryChapter Eight: Theologizing Together: Media as Mediator of MeaningPaula J. LeeChapter Nine: A Shared Critical Ethic for Media Images and LiturgyJann Cather WeaverGOD AND POPULAR CULTUREChapter Ten: God in the Smartphone: Sacred or Sacrilege?Joyce Ann KonigsburgChapter Eleven: "In Jesus Christ, the Medium and the Message Are Fully One and the Same": Deriving a Media Theology from the Works of Marshall McLuhanDavid E. Beard and David GoreChapter Twelve: Poets: God's ProphetsSteven BerryChapter Thirteen: Finding God in Near-Death Experiences, Art, and SciencePaul H. CarrChapter Fourteen: Gods in Indian Popular JokesAmitabh Vikram DwivediChapter Fifteen: The Presence of the Cross in Popular Culture: A Womanist PerspectiveAndriette Jordan-FieldsChapter Sixteen: African Language, Drum, and Dance: Powerful Symbols of God's Saving MysteryGuido OlianaChapter Seventeen: Puppetry and the Divine/Human RelationshipCarolyn D. RoarkChapter Eighteen: Is There God at the End of Bill Viola's "Room for St. John of the Cross"?: The Via Negativa as an Aesthetic ExperienceCarlos Vara SánchezAbout the Editors and ContributorsIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Praeger
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (656 pages)
• Subjects: 261; Social Science -- Popular Culture; Popular culture -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; Popular culture -- Religious aspects; Religion -- General; Popular culture
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9798216090946
• Related ISBNs: 9781440801792
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