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Daniel Boorstin, 'The Image' (1961) - Ch. 1, excerpt

  • Classic cultural criticism which I'm embarrassed to say I've never ever read. - eraban on 2006-04-29

Black Jesus Film Makes Waves at Sundance

  • A new South African movie portrays the life of Jesus as set in the context of modern-day Africa. I really want to see this. - eraban on 2006-04-29

Wichita Eagle | 01/28/2006 | Super Bowl, 'Book of Daniel,' other cultural ideas of religion

  • A tongue-in-cheek commentary on the "religion" of the Super Bowl. Not particularly brilliant, but useful for PHIL309. Reprinted in the Inquirer. - eraban on 2006-04-29

BREITBART.COM - God gives way to Grand Slam All Blacks in New Zealand church

  • Alex, writing on the Super Bowl article, also cited this rather remarkable story from New Zealand. - eraban on 2006-04-29

Burdens of the Modern Beast

  • Remarks on the phenomenon of people always carrying loads of crap around with them. I notice this too. It's weird. - eraban on 2006-04-29

Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone From Yahoo! News

  • Interview with one of the stars of "Paradise Now," a Palestinian feature film portraying 48 hours in the life of two young suicide bombers. - eraban on 2006-04-29

USATODAY.com - Hindu lite

  • On the appropriation of so-called "Hindu-esque" ideas and symbols by U.S. popular culture - pro and con. See also snurl.com/yogahands and snurl.com/gr_hindu - eraban on 2006-04-29

liveprayer.com/java

  • Bill Keller of liveprayer.com writes a nice story about how Harry Potter returns to his Muggle home, finds Jesus and renounces wizardry. - eraban on 2006-04-29

In praise of the faith market - General - In Depth - theage.com.au

  • From July 2005, an article on Lynn Schofield Clark's work on "religious lifestyle branding" -- the way people in mass-media-driven, consumer cultures appropriate and use religious symbols in conjunction with other "lifestyle" products to define themselves - eraban on 2006-04-29

TV Faith: Rituals of Secular Life

  • An article, originally published in Christian Century in 1986, arguing very seriously for the religious ("sacramental") function of popular media in forming an almost religious vision of the American way of life. - eraban on 2006-04-29

Christian Century: Everyday Apocalypse: the Sacred Revealed in Radiohead, the Simpsons, and Other Pop Culture Icons - Book Review

  • A review by Melissa Jenks of a book by David Dark, published 2004 in Christian Century. Dark treats The Simpsons, the Coen brothers, Radiohead, and The Matrix -- along with Flannery O'Connor -- as apocalyptic theology. - eraban on 2006-04-29
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