Sacred Matters

LADERMAN,Gary

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Author
LADERMAN,Gary
Publish Date
08/01/2010
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
NEWPRSS
Subtitle
Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, the Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States
Number of Pages
224
ISBN-10
1595584846
ISBN-13
9781595584847
SKU
9781595584847

Description

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 sacred icons, popular devotions, and deep-rooted mythologies. Sacred Matters makes a powerful and illuminating case that religion is everywhere―and that we have barely begun to reckon with its hold on our cultural life.