RE220 Lecture 1: RE220 LESSONS 1-6
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Popular culture as both mirror of and influence on society. The authors of our main text think so. Take a moment to look through the introduction and see how forbes answers these questions. Perhaps it has to do with mass appeal. The proceeding quote helps unpack the questions posed above but it also provides a clue to the reason why studying popular culture can be valuable for telling us about religion. The ke(cid:455) (cid:449)o(cid:396)ds he(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e (cid:862)(cid:271)eliefs(cid:863) a(cid:374)d (cid:862)(cid:448)alues. (cid:863) religious people, systems and institutions hold or espouse specific beliefs and values. When religious beliefs and values are made manifest in culture and become popular, it must mean that the audience to some degree holds them to be either true or acceptable. Popularity is an indication of what the public values. Popula(cid:396) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e, the(cid:374), (cid:862)(cid:396)efle(cid:272)ts (cid:448)alues (cid:449)e al(cid:396)ead(cid:455) hold(cid:863) (cid:894)fo(cid:396)(cid:271)es a(cid:374)d maha(cid:374), (cid:1009)(cid:895).
