Sacred Matters: Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, the Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States

by Gary Laderman

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Sacred Matters makes the powerful case that we must take the broad view of religious life in America today. Laderman argues that genuinely religious practices and experiences can be found in the unlikeliest of places-in science laboratories, in movie theaters and concert halls, at the Super Bowl, in Americans' obsession with prescription drugs and in their pursuit of pornography. Laderman depicts an American cultural landscape blooming with...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1595584846

ISBN13:9781595584847

Release Date:August 2010

Publisher:New Press

Length:224 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Related Subjects

Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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