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Between sacred and profane :

Between sacred and profane : researching religion and popular culture / edited by Gordon Lynch. - London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, c2007. - vi, 185 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [164]-178) and index.

Why study popular culture? or, how to build a case for your thesis in a religious studies or theology department / Lynn Schofield Clark -- Studying religion and popular culture: prospects, presuppositions, procedures / David Morgan -- Questioning media and religion / Jolyon Mitchell -- Reflections on the past and future of the study of religion and popular culture / Jeffrey H. Mahan -- "What we make of the world": the turn to 'culture' in theology and the study of religion / Elaine Graham -- The eucharist and the turn to culture / Pete Ward -- Popular culture scholarship as a spiritual exercise: thinking ethically with(out) Christianity / Tom Beaudoin -- House Negro with a field Negro mentality: new positions in theology and culture / Robert Beckford -- What is this 'religion' in the study of religion and popular culture? / Gordon Lynch -- On a mission from God: African American music and the nature/meaning of conversion and religious life / Anthony B. Pinn -- Some concluding reflections / Gordon Lynch.

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Religion and sociology.
Popular culture--Religious aspects.
Religious communities.
Identification (Religion)
Rites and ceremonies.
Mass media--Religious aspects.
Internet--Religious aspects.
Christianity and culture.

BL60 / .B424 2007

201.7

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