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God and Popular Culture: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Entertainment Industry's Most Influential Figure
By Stephen Butler Murray & Aimee Upjohn Light
- ISBN
- 9781440801792 9781440801808
- Publisher
- Praeger: ABC-CLIO
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Reviewed on April 15, 2016 | Reference
Murray (president, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Detroit) and Light (theology, Duquesne Univ., PA) have produced a fascinating snapshot of our culture. As their introduction states, "References to God permeate every aspect of media, providing us with an ongoing societal meditation on theological themes, imagining and reimagining encounters between the divine and the mundane." These 36 contributed essays are well written and thought provoking, with topical bibliographies for potential additional research. The selection seems designed to provide a survey of cut...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
