Journal of Religion and Popular Culture back issues from June 2008:
American Idol (atry): A Religious Profanation.
Jun 22, 2008 ... Sabatino DiBernardo University of Central Florida Abstract It may seem as though religion, and along with it the prophetic voice, is and has long been on a steady decline in terms of wider societal and spiritual significance in our increasingly postmodern ...
Celling the End Times: The Contours of Contemporary Rapture Films [1].
Jun 22, 2008 ... John Walliss, Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Religion Hope Centre for Millennialism Studies Department of Theology and Religious Studies Liverpool Hope University Abstract This article examines the contours of contemporary ...
Just Deserts: Ayn Rand and the Christian Right.
Jun 22, 2008 ... Cynthia Burack, Department of Women's Studies Ohio State University Abstract Churches and conservative religious organizations now conduct well-coordinated and effective compassionate pedagogies for their followers on contested social issues such as ...
Fundamentalist Christians, Raunch Culture, and Post-industrial Capitalism.
Jun 22, 2008 ... Iva Ellen Deutchman, Department of Political Science Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, New York Abstract This article argues that fundamentalist Christians are losing the political battle to transform the larger political culture in America. I ...
Taking off the Gloves: Dawkins and the Root of All Evil?
Jun 22, 2008 ... Curtis D. Carbonell Abstract Richard Dawkins holds Oxford's Charles Simonyi Chair for the Public Understanding of Science. In his move from ethologist to evolutionary theorist, he has entered the public sphere as a vocal opponent of irrationalism. With his Channel ...