[PDF.42io] Gods Behaving Badly: Media, Religion, and Celebrity Culture

Gods Behaving Badly: Media, Religion, and Celebrity Culture

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 | #1991304 in Books |  Baylor University Press |  2011-01-03 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.41 x5.51l,.48 | File type: PDF | 160 pages

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|| |"Provocatively probing the intersection of religion and fandom, Pete Ward exegetes People magazine as post-modern scripture. Why, for most Americans, do Brad and Angie loom larger than Abraham and Sarah? Ward contributes to the growing field of religion and me

From Britney and Brangelina to Tiger Woods and Michael Jackson, Western society is obsessed with its American idols and gods of the red carpet. We worship their triumphs, judge their sins, and maintain vigil at their deaths. Can our fixation on and devotion to celebrity culture itself be considered a religion? If not, why do we use religious terminology to describe these stars and our actions towards them?

Gods Behaving Badly examines the blurred boundary ...

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