Recently added articles from Journal of Religion and Popular Culture:
With My Body I Thee Worship: Joe Wright's Erotic Vision in Pride & Prejudice (2005).
Sep 22, 2008 ... Maureen Sabine Department of History, Hong Kong University Abstract Film and literary critics are sharply divided over the merits of Joe Wright's 2005 Austen film adaptation, Pride & Prejudice. My essay bridges this divide by suggesting that the director ...
Ecstasy, Joy, and Sorrow: The Religious Experience of Southern College Football.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Eric Bain-Selbo Department Head, Philosophy and Religion, Western Kentucky University Abstract Beginning with the assumption that college football in the American South at least looks religious, this essay explores the possibility that it functions ...
The New Apocalyptic: Modern American Apocalyptic Fiction and its Ancient and Modern Cousins.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Wesley J. Bergen, Wichita State University This paper compares and contrasts modern American Christian apocalyptic fiction with two related genres, early Christian and modern secular apocalyptic literature. Starting with a description of early Christian apocalyptic literature, ...
The Passion as Horror Film: St. Mel of the Cross.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Richard Walsh "I think we have gotten too used to seeing pretty crosses on the wall, and we forget what really happened-. But when you finally see it and understand what he went through, it makes you feel not only compassion, but also debt. You want to repay him for the enormity ...
Sound Bites of Civil Religion: Politics, Popular Culture, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Sep 22, 2008 ... Darryl V. Caterine, Le Moyne College Abstract The Presidential Medal of Freedom originated under the administration of John F. Kennedy to honour peacetime service by United States civilians. Emerging at the dawn of the television age, this new addition to the ...