TY - BOOK AU - Santana,Richard W. AU - Erickson,Gregory TI - Religion and popular culture: rescripting the sacred SN - 9780786435531 (softcover : alk. paper) AV - BL 2525 .S258 2008 PY - 2008/// CY - Jefferson, N.C. PB - McFarland KW - Religion and culture KW - United States KW - Popular culture KW - Religious aspects KW - Religion N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-219) and index; Popular culture and popular religion in America -- "Jesus is standing at home plate" : baseball and American Christianity -- Consuming faith : advertising, the pornographic gaze and religious desire -- Absolute contradictions : perceptions of the spiritual and the religious in popular music -- The gods of film : representing God and Jesus at the movies -- Television drama, fan communities and theology : God as "nothing solid" -- Demons, aliens and spiritual warfare : belief and reality -- Evil reloaded : political rhetoric, philosophy, and video games after 9/11 N2 - "This work considers ways in which American cultural products such as TV, advertising, music, and video games have played a significant role in creating, representing, and influencing contradictory religious identities"--Provided by publisher ER -