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The Blackwell Guide to Theology of Popular Culture outlines various general theories of popular culture, identifies theologians and theological concepts that are conducive to analyzing popular culture, and explores religious themes that are asserting themselves through popular movies, novels, music, television shows and advertising. A timely examination and contribution to the rapidly expanding field of theology and popular culture Locates the theological analysis of culture alongside political, sociological, economic, aesthetic and psychological analyses Surveys the work of religious and theo

1. Buddhist-Christian Interreligious Dialogue for Spiritual Care for Transgender Hospital Patients -- 2. Spiritual Care and Political Involvement, Womanist Public Theology and Boston Medical Center -- 3. Thich Nhat Hanh, The Avatamsaka Sutra, and Lady Mahamaya -- 4. U.S. Religious Freedom Law and Spiritual Care -- 5. Shocking the Hospital System -- 6. Conclusions and Recommendations.

Introduction : Encountering Buddhism -- A Modern History of Buddhist Encounters in Chiang Mai -- The Agency of Buddhist Monks in the Tourism Landscape -- Religious Others in the Buddhist Eye -- Buddhist Spaces of Missionization -- Self-Transformation and Buddhist Authenticity through Volunteer Tourism.

In this prophetic call to faithful Christian living, Marva Dawn identifies the epidemic socio-cultural attitudes that destroy hope in our modern lives. Because affluent persons don't know what to value, we remain dissatisfied with what we have and are compelled to want more at the expense of the world's less forunate. Dawn demonstrates, however, how Christians can organize their lives to live in ways that allow them to love God and neighbor and, in the process, alleviate the despair in their lives and in the lives of others in the world

2 Intercultural Theology: A Primer Intercultural Theology: Theological Conceptions from the Third World? ; Intercultural Theology: Ecumenism in Full, Please, Not Just in Part! ; Intercultural Theology: A New Technical Term, Its Potential, and Its Limitations ; Intercultural Theology or Mission Studies? ; The Objective and Basic Layout of This Book ; Part II: Intercultural Hermeneutics and the Concept of Culture ; 3 Intercultural Hermeneutics: Introduction ; Hermeneutics and the Theory of Signs (Semiotics) ; How Are Semiotic Codes "Discovered"? ; Diagnostic and Investigative Reading.

Foreword. Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Problem of Unity in Diversity 3. The Heavenly Status of Those Who Are in Christ 4. The Unity of All in Christ 5. Tomorrow is Already Here 6. The Importance of Prayer 7. Doing What Comes Naturally 8. No Longer Strangers 9. The Church: God's Last Hope for Earth 10. The Prayer of All Nations 11. The Fatherhood of God 12. Unity Does Not Mean Uniformity 13. Morals and Lifestyle in the Church 14. Is the Head of the House at Home? 15. Armed for the Struggle 16. Is This Unity in Diversity Possible? Addendum: The Healing of the Nations

Research on attitudes toward Christian fundamentalists shows that antagonism toward this group has become a significant factor since the early 1990s in structuring candidate preferences and issue positions. This article explores how information conveyed in news media helped inform popular evaluations of fundamentalists and instruct antifundamentalists on how to make use of these judgments politically in the culture wars. Our thesis is that attitudes toward Christian fundamentalists can be considered in large measure as a reaction to messages about this group carried in media, filtered through individual differences in political attentiveness and predispositions. Data from the 1988-2004 American National Election Studies show significant media effects, which increased over time, particularly among the sophisticated segment of the public. Our findings illuminate how variation in media attentiveness and individual differences in political and cultural predispositions conjoin to determine whether and the degree to which nonfundamentalists feel antagonistically toward Christian fundamentalists. [Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications Inc., copyright 2008.]

"For decades now, Americans have believed that their country is deeply divided by "culture wars" waged between religious conservatives and secular liberals. In most instances, Protestant conservatives have been cast as the instigators of such warfare, while religious liberals have been largely ignored. In this book, L. Benjamin Rolsky examines the ways in which American liberalism has helped shape cultural conflict since the 1970s through the story of how television writer and producer Norman Lear galvanized the religious left into action. The creator of comedies such as All in the Family and Maude, Lear was spurred to found the liberal advocacy group People for the American Way in response to the rise of the religious right. Rolsky offers engaged readings of Lear's iconic sitcoms and published writings, considering them as an expression of what he calls the spiritual politics of the religious left. He shows how prime-time television became a focus of political dispute and demonstrates how Lear's emergence as an interfaith activist catalyzed ecumenical Protestants, Catholics, and Jews who were determined to push back against conservatism's ascent. Rolsky concludes that Lear's political involvement exemplified religious liberals' commitment to engaging politics on explicitly moral grounds in defense of what they saw as the public interest. An interdisciplinary analysis of the definitive cultural clashes of our fractious times, The Rise and Fall of the Religious Left foregrounds the foundational roles played by popular culture, television, and media in America's religious history"--

Jesus Consumer combines modern consumer research with the latest writings on historical Jesus to propose a model for contemporary consumer behavior that pays serious regard to Jesus' "consumption teachings." Klassen argues that Jesus' consumer teachings possess the greatest potential to help us effect positive change in our communities.

Foreword by Erwin McManus -- Foreword by John Burke -- Introduction: the art of woo, overcoming the Christian stereotype -- Curry favor: winning people and influencing friends -- Bounce houses in the neighborhood: getting off the couch to make friends -- Peppermint-filled piñatas: partying to expand our influence -- A fellowship of freaks: finding a common cause to create community -- Uncivil war: proving God is real -- White men can jump (just not as high): seeing past stereotypes -- The untouchables: learning to see those we overlook -- Compassionate conservatives and loving liberals: reaching across the ideological aisle -- 50 shades of gray: engaging others in a post-sexual revolution world -- The mosque next door: building relationships with the religious -- Conclusion: apathetics anonymous: activating personal change.

Introduction -- Wisdom literature and the wisdom perspective -- Interpretive strategy in Ecclesiastes -- Wisdom and the work of God in Ecclesiastes -- Wisdom and human labor in Ecclesiastes: a closer look -- Concluding thoughts on the "end of the matter" -- Rethinking the message of Ecclesiastes: second thoughts on the value of work and the importance of vocation.