{"product_id":"religion-and-popular-culture-9781476663319","title":"Religion and Popular Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Often considered to be in opposition, American popular culture and popular religion are connected, forming and informing new ways of thinking, writing and practicing religion and theology. Film, television, music, sports and video games are integral to understanding the spiritual, the secular and the in-between in the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   In its revised second edition, this book explores how religious issues of canonicity, scriptural authority, morality, belief and unbelief are worked out not in churches, seminaries or university classrooms, but in our popular culture. Topics new to this edition include lived religion, digital technology, new trends in belief and identification, the film \u003ci\u003eNoah\u003c\/i\u003e (2014), the television series \u003ci\u003eTrue Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Kanye West''s music, the video game \u003ci\u003eFallout\u003c\/i\u003e and media events of recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Instructors considering this book for use in a course may \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.mcfarlandbooks.com\/customers\/students-instructors\/\"\u003e request an\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040391070039,"sku":"9781476663319","price":20.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476663319.jpg?v=1750946599","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/religion-and-popular-culture-9781476663319","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}