Understanding Theology and Popular Culture is one of the first books to give an overview of the key issues and methods in this field of study. * Provides a detailed introduction to key theories and debates in popular cultural studies * Presents a reasoned argument about the distinctive contributio[...]

It is often claimed that we live in a secular age. But we do not live in a desacralized one. Sacred forms - whether in 'religious' or 'secular' guise - continue to shape social life in the modern world, giving rise to powerful emotions, polarized group identities, and even the very concept of moral [...]