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Informationen zum Autor Erika Engstrom is professor and director of the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Kentucky. Klappentext This book uses a theory-based inquiry of the nuanced religious messages in the TV series Supernatural, whichpresents religious themes through horror and fantasy to show a Christianity without Christ. It uncovers how entertainment television provides a conduit for religious messages that speak to the role of contemporary American faith. Zusammenfassung This book uses a theory-based inquiry of the nuanced religious messages in the TV series Supernatural! which presents religious themes through horror and fantasy to show a Christianity without Christ. It uncovers how entertainment television provides a conduit for religious messages that speak to the role of contemporary American faith. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsChapter One: Introduction-Religion, Mass Media, and SupernaturalChapter Two: Plurality of ReligionChapter Three: Hegemony of ReligionChapter Four: Horsemen and HomiliesChapter Five: A Divinely Ordained Civil ReligionChapter Six: ConclusionReferences

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• Authors: Erika Engstrom, Engstrom Erika, Joseph M Valenzano, Joseph M. Valenzano, Joseph M. III Valenzano, Joseph M. Valenzano III
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2014
• EAN: 9780739184752
• ISBN: 978-0-7391-8475-2
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, Communication Studies, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society