RE220 Lecture Notes - Veggietales, Pussy Riot, Buju Banton
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The four typologies: a group of types: religion in popular culture. Sounds in music videos, churches in music videos. Reference to biblical theories in lyrics, tv shows, videos. Supernatural figures that can heal, christ, jesus. Yoga, religious traditions: examples: the simpsons, buffy the vampire slayer, sister act, veggie tales (religion adopting pop culture) e. g. , homer meets god, tales of shiva our comic book, sister act movie with whoopi, popular culture in religion. Twitter, facebook, social media for religious purposes. Clothes, modern fashion worn by religious tweets. Changed structure of church service to keep attention of viewers and listeners. Religion in popular culture= reduced for entertainment purposes. Apps for bibles and other religious purposes: popular culture as religion. People who structure their life around a certain aspect of popular culture. Acts like religion, sounds like religion, and functions like religion. E. g. , baseball: religion and popular culture in dialogue (ethics and values)