The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture

by Cobb, Kelton

• ISBN13: 9781405107020
• ISBN10: 1405107022
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-12-02
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The Blackwell Guide to Theology of Popular Culture outlines various general theories of popular culture, identifies theologians and theological concepts that are conducive to analyzing popular culture, and explores religious themes that are asserting themselves through popular movies, novels, music, television shows and advertising. A timely examination and contribution to the rapidly expanding field of theology and popular culture Locates the theological analysis of culture alongside political, sociological, economic, aesthetic and psychological analyses Surveys the work of religious and theological scholars who have turned their attention to popular culture Considers classic Christian thinkers who have wrestled with culture, such as St. Paul, Tertullian, Augustine, Schleiermacher, Tillich, and Ricoeur Proposes a method for analysing culture to discern its religious content Identifies religious themes in popular culture Uses illustrations, ranging from the fiction of Nick Hornby to Six Feet Under An appendix provides lists of films, novels, television series, consumer products, architectural works, cultural events, and corporate icons that lend themselves to theological analysis.

Author Biography

Kelton Cobb is Professor of Theology and Ethics at Hartford Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	1	(26)
Part I Theories of Popular Culture	27	(106)
Popular Culture	29	(24)
Cultural Studies	53	(19)
Theology and Culture	72	(29)
Theological Tools	101	(32)
Part II A Theology of Popular Culture	133	(158)
Images of God	135	(42)
Human Nature	177	(34)
Sin	211	(18)
Salvation	229	(33)
Life Everlasting	262	(29)
Conclusion	291	(4)
Notes	295	(29)
Bibliography	324	(19)
Index	343