Titre :	Understanding theology and popular culture
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Gordon Lynch (1968-), Auteur
Editeur :	Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub.
Année de publication :	©2005
Importance :	xv, 236 p.
Présentation :	illustrations
Format :	23 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-1-4051-1747-0
Note générale :	Includes bibliographical references and index
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Christianity and culture. Theology
Index. décimale :	BR 115 .C8
Résumé :	"Understanding Theology and Popular Culture" is one of the first books to give an overview of the key issues and methods in this field of study. This title provides a detailed introduction to key theories and debates in popular cultural studies. It presents a reasoned argument about the distinctive contribution that theology can make to the study of popular culture. It is illustrated through a range of original case
Note de contenu :	What is 'popular culture'? -- Why should theologians and scholars of religion study popular culture? -- Machines, TVs, and shopping : the shape of everyday life in contemporary western society -- Can popular culture be bad for your health? -- Developing a theological approach to the study of popular culture -- An author-focused approach to studying popular culture : Eminem and the redemption of violence -- Text-based approaches to studying popular culture : 'Homer the heretic' and civil religion -- An ethnographic approach to studying popular culture : The religious significance of club culture -- Taking steps towards a theological aesthetics of popular culture.

Understanding theology and popular culture [texte imprimé] / Gordon Lynch (1968-), Auteur . - Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., ©2005 . - xv, 236 p. : illustrations ; 23 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-4051-1747-0
Includes bibliographical references and index
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Christianity and culture. Theology
Index. décimale :	BR 115 .C8
Résumé :	"Understanding Theology and Popular Culture" is one of the first books to give an overview of the key issues and methods in this field of study. This title provides a detailed introduction to key theories and debates in popular cultural studies. It presents a reasoned argument about the distinctive contribution that theology can make to the study of popular culture. It is illustrated through a range of original case
Note de contenu :	What is 'popular culture'? -- Why should theologians and scholars of religion study popular culture? -- Machines, TVs, and shopping : the shape of everyday life in contemporary western society -- Can popular culture be bad for your health? -- Developing a theological approach to the study of popular culture -- An author-focused approach to studying popular culture : Eminem and the redemption of violence -- Text-based approaches to studying popular culture : 'Homer the heretic' and civil religion -- An ethnographic approach to studying popular culture : The religious significance of club culture -- Taking steps towards a theological aesthetics of popular culture.