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Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture
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Overview
In this collection of essays, popular American journalist, Terry Mattingly teaches readers how to identify elements of faith in today's pop culture.
Topics include:
- God & Popular Music
- Faith & the Big Screen
- God on TV
- Ink, Paper, and God
- Politics and Current Events
From music to movies, politics to the pope, Mattingly explores the matters of the heart with a fresh and relevant perspective.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780849909986 |
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Publisher: | Nelson, Thomas, Inc. |
Publication date: | 11/13/2005 |
Pages: | 224 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d) |
About the Author
Mark Joseph has had a varied career as as an entertainment executive, writer and multi-media broadcaster including as a host/reporter for CNN's "The Entertainment Report," NHK, and FM Tokyo. His writing has appeared in a number of publications including Beliefnet, Christianity Today, The Jewish Press, Billboard and the National Review. He is the author of three books including Faith, God & Rock 'n' Roll. He is currently co-producing the Inspired by The Passion of the Christ official rock sountrack for the movie.
Table of Contents
Editor's Note | xi | |
Foreword | xiii | |
Introduction | xv | |
God and Popular Music | 1 | |
U2 Bedevils the Modern Church | ||
At the Crossroads | ||
Do the Math | ||
The Rock for Life Pledge | ||
Elvis: A Prodigal Son? | ||
Rich Mullins: Enigmatic, Restless, Catholic | ||
Songs for Souls in Hard Times | ||
Bleeping Baptists Pray for Bleeping Ozzy | ||
Worship for Sale, Worship for Sale | ||
The Testimony of Johnny Cash | ||
Bono's Crusade on the Road | ||
Big Ideas on the Big Screen | 29 | |
"The Passion" of Old Words and Symbols | ||
"Titanic": The Sixties as Sacraments | ||
Signals from Hollywood Heaven | ||
Duvall on Sweat, Sin and the South | ||
The Late Great Planet Hollywood | ||
A Hail Mary for Hollywood | ||
Should a Christian Do a Nude Scene? | ||
Mission? Filling In Some "Holes" | ||
A Chick Flick to Remember | ||
Hollywood After "The Passion" | ||
Not a "Rookie" Faith | ||
"The Passion" and the Talmud | ||
Beyond the Baptist Boycott | ||
God on TV | 65 | |
Beyond "Becky Goes to Bible Camp" | ||
God, Man and "The Simpsons" | ||
Freud Meets Lewis on PBS | ||
The Very Rev. Ted Turner Speaks | ||
Oprah, "Babe" and Religious Liberty | ||
Jim Bakker's Other Conspiracy | ||
Carl Sagan: Televangelist | ||
Veggies Attack the Funny Gap | ||
Home-Schoolers: The Anti-Woodstock Generation | ||
Vanilla Values on the D.C. Mall | ||
Ink, Paper and God | 93 | |
Walking With C.S. Lewis | ||
Harry Potter and Free Will | ||
John Grisham's Pulpit | ||
Comic-Book Visionaries | ||
Reading the Sporting Jews | ||
Romeo and Juliet, Born Again | ||
J.K. Rowling: Inkling? | ||
Yes, There Is a Mitford | ||
All Those "Left Behind" Catholics | ||
Chaim Potok and Storytelling | ||
Harry Potter for Grown-up Believers | ||
The Gospel According to "The Gospel According to..." Books | ||
Flights of Filmed Fantasy | 125 | |
George Lucas, the Force and God | ||
God, Man, Hobbits and J.R.R. Tolkien | ||
"Star Wars": The Only Parable in Town | ||
J.R.R. Tolkien, Sin and Creation | ||
God-Talk After "The Matrix": Pop Gnostics | ||
God-Talk After "The Matrix": Theology for Sale | ||
Trust Your Feelings, Darth? | ||
Vague Faith in Middle Earth | ||
"Constantine": And All the People Said, "Whoa" | ||
"The Matrix": The Apocalypse | ||
The Visions of Tolkien and Jackson | ||
Star Culture Wars | ||
Pop Media, Real Life | 157 | |
Looking for a New God, a Fresh Creed? | ||
Faith Popcorn's Spiritual Cocktails | ||
A Brand Name for Your Soul | ||
Bobos "R" Us | ||
Lent: Fasting From Television | ||
Catholic College Culture Wars | ||
Praying With the Digital Natives | ||
Just Another Sunday at Saddleback | ||
Mysterious Echoes of Gunshots | ||
Intolerant Christians in the Public Square | ||
Worship Wars in the Pews | ||
Notes | 187 | |
Index | 189 | |
About the Author | 199 |