Television, Religion, and Supernatural - Hunting Monsters, Finding Gods

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.

List of contents

Contents

Chapter One: Introduction-Religion, Mass Media, and Supernatural

Chapter Two: Plurality of Religion

Chapter Three: Hegemony of Religion

Chapter Four: Horsemen and Homilies

Chapter Five: A Divinely Ordained Civil Religion

Chapter Six: Conclusion

References

About the author

Erika Engstrom is professor of communication studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She is the author of The Bride Factory: Mass Media Portrayals of Women and Weddings.

Joseph M. Valenzano, III, is assistant professor and basic course director at the University of Dayton. He has co-authored two public speaking textbooks, The Speaker: The Tradition and Practice of Public Speaking and The Speaker's Primer.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Erika Engstrom, Erika Valenzano Engstrom, Engstrom Erika, Joseph M. Valenzano, Joseph M. III Valenzano, Valenzano Joseph M.
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2016
• EAN: 9781498550390
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-5039-0
• No. of pages: 166
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; 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