2nd Edition
Understanding Religion and Popular Culture
Foreword to the Second Edition: How to Use this Book
Elizabeth Rae Coody
1. Introduction: What is Religion? What is Pop Culture? How are they Related?
Terry Ray Clark
Part 1: Issues in Religion
2. Pop Culture’s Critique of Sacred Traditions: South Park and Satire
Terry Ray Clark
3. A New Myth: The Critical Study of Star Wars as Myth
John C. McDowell
4. On the Sacred Power of Violence in Popular Culture: American Football and the Films of Tarantino
Eric Bain-Selbo
5. What Makes Music Religious?: Contemporary Christian Music and Secularization
Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt
6. Ecology and Religion: Climate Change in Popular Culture
Dell deChant
7. Ritual Doing, Religious Doing: Understanding Harry Potter Fan Pilgrimages
J. Caroline Toy
8. Sacred Writings: The Biblical Canon and the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Elizabeth Rae Coody
Part 2: Genres in Popular Culture
9. Cinema and Religion: The Horror Genre
Douglas E. Cowan
10. Food and What’s Cooking in Pop Culture: Lord of the Lembas
Jonathan Sands Wise
11. Television: The Big Bang Theory and Lived Religion
Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
12. Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE and the Liberating Power of Myth
Siobhán Jolley
13. The Tarot as Material Religion
Cynthia A. Hogan
14. Fandom as Religion: Cosplay, Community, and Identity
America Wolff.
Index
Biography
Elizabeth Rae Coody is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa, United States and co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics (2020).
Dan W. Clanton Jr. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Doane University, USA. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of a number of books and articles on religion, the Bible, and popular culture.
Terry Ray Clark is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion Department at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.
