{"product_id":"religion-across-television-genres-9781433152801","title":"Religion Across Television Genres","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReligion Across Television Genres: Community, Orange Is the New Black, The Walking Dead, and Supernatural\u003c\/em\u003e connects communication theories to the religious content of TV programs across an array of platforms and content genres, specifically the NBC comedy \u003ci\u003eCommunity\u003c\/i\u003e, the critically acclaimed Netflix series \u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e, AMC's international megahit \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, and the CW's long-running fan favorite \u003ci\u003eSupernatural\u003c\/i\u003e. Its contemporary relevancy makes \u003ci\u003eReligion Across Television Genres\u003c\/i\u003e ideal for use as a library resource, scholarly reference, and textbook for both undergraduate and graduate courses in mass media, religious studies, and popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eReligion Across Television Genres\u003c\/i\u003e is a must-have book for anyone who studies pop culture and religion; it deserves a spot on every TV connoisseur's bookshelf.\" —Jarret Keene, \u003ci\u003ePopular Culture Review\u003c\/i\u003e, 30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e“Through their close analysis of the ‘sign-vehicles’ within television programs across a range of genres, Joseph M. Valenzano III and Erika Engstrom show us how television both mirrors how religion is lived in America and performs a subtle but significant sermonic function in authorizing and adumbrating religious belief. \u003ci\u003eReligion Across Television Genres\u003c\/i\u003e would greatly enrich any course in religious communication or mass media and society. I recommend it highly.” —Dennis D. Cali, Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at the University of Texas at Tyler\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eReligion Across Television Genres\u003c\/i\u003e persuasively and perspicaciously illustrates that television is equipment for living. In this thoroughly researched and elegantly evaluated volume, Joseph M. Valenzano III and Erika Engstrom argue that implanted in our current pop culture television programming is an abiding sense of religion and religiosity, expressed through multiform genres. In only the way sapient teachers can, Valenzano and Engstrom demonstrate how the influence of context on content is a dialectical process. In 1985, Neil Postman penned his prophetic \u003ci\u003eAmusing Ourselves to Death\u003c\/i\u003e. The cultural discoveries unveiled by Valenzano and Engstrom’s \u003ci\u003eReligion Across Television Genres\u003c\/i\u003e may suggest that in terms of religious content displayed on television in the twenty-first century, we may be ‘Amusing Ourselves to Life.’ However, this renewed faith life is not in any one particular institutionalized religion but a more ubiquitous faith in the human values of community, tolerance, self-reliance, and love of family and friends. Scholars and students of communication, cultural studies, mass media, and religion will find this work unique, timely, and conducive to binge reading.” —Christopher J. Oldenburg, Associate Professor of Communication and Rhetorical Studies at Illinois College\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements – Introduction – The (Unseen) Order of the Study Group: NBC’s \u003ci\u003eCommunity \u003c\/i\u003eand Religious Humor – Adherence and Adherents in Netflix’s \u003ci\u003eOrange\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eIs the New Black \u003c\/i\u003e– Redefining Religious Boundaries in AMC’s \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead \u003c\/i\u003e– Hunting Monsters, Finally Finding God in the CW’s \u003ci\u003eSupernatural \u003c\/i\u003e– Conclusion – Index.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Lang Publishing Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039631638871,"sku":"9781433152801","price":84.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781433152801.jpg?v=1750944318","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religion-across-television-genres-9781433152801","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}