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Religion Through Popular Culture: General

Research Guides

Lynch, Gordon, ed. Between Sacred and Profane: Researching Religion and Popular Culture. BL60 B424 2007.

Selected Subject Headings

Listed here are examples of phrases to use in the catalog and in databases to find more publications about religion and popular culture.

Mass Media--Religious Aspects
Christianity and Culture
Internet--Religious Aspects
Popular Culture--Religious Aspects
Religion and Sociology


General Works about Religion and Popular Culture

Boer, Roland. Knockin' on Heaven's Door: The Bible and Popular Culture. 1999.

Bowen, John R., ed. Religion in Culture and Society. BL256 R44 1998.

Chidester, David. Authentic Fakes: Religion and American Popular Culture. BL65 C8 C455 2005.

Clark, Terry Ray, and Dan W. Clanton, Jr. Understanding Religion and Popular Culture: Theories, Themes, Products and Practices. BL65 C8 U53 2012.

Culburtson, Philip, and Elaine M. Wainwright, eds. The Bible In/And Popular Culture: A Creative Encounter. S538.7 B525 2010.

Dean, William D. The American Spiritual Culture: And the Invention of Jazz, Football, and the Movies. BL2525 D425 2002.

Forbes, Bruce David, and Jeffrey H. Mahan. Religion and Popular Culture in America. 3rd. ed. 2017.

Lydon, John C., and Eric Michael Mazur, eds. The Routledge Companion to Religion and Popular Culture. 2015.

Mazur, Eric Michael, and Kate McCarthy. God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture. 2d ed. 2011. First edition available in print, BL2525 G625 2001.

McDannell, Colleen. Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America. BR515 M35 1995.

Myers, Kenneth A. All God's Children and Blue Suede Shoes: Christians & Popular Culture. BR115 C8 M93 1989.

Omidvar, Iraf, and Anne R. Richards, eds. Muslims and American Popular Culture. 2014.

Ostwalt, Conrad. Secular Steeples: Popular Culture and the Religious Imagination. 2d ed. BL65 C8 088 2012.

Pinn, Anthony B. and Benjamin Valentin, eds. Creating Ourselves: African Amerians and Hispanic Americans on Popular Culture and Religious Expression. BR563 N4 C74 2007.

Sanders, Theresa. Approaching Eden: Adam and Eve in Popular Culture. 2009.

Santana, Richard W. Religion and Popular Culture: Rescripting the Sacred. BL2525 S258 2008.

Steinberg, Shirley R., and Joe L. Kincheloe. Christotainment: Selling Jesus Through Popular Culture.  Also available in print, BR526 C468 2009.

Turner, Steve. Popcultured: Thinking Christianly About Style, Media, and Entertainment. BR115 C8 T875 2013.

 

Organizations Dealing with Religion and Popular Culture

Religion and Popular Culture Group of the American Academy of Religion.

Centre for Sport, Spirituality and Religion. University of Gloucestershire, Engliand.

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