Cover of Postmodern Sacred

Book 2012

Postmodern Sacred

Publisher
McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Language
English
Published
2012
  • Fantasy literature
  • History and criticism
  • Postmodernism
  • Popular culture
  • Religious aspects
  • Spirituality in literature
  • Mass media
  • Christianity in literature

"This volume examines pop-culture spirituality, or "postmodern sacred," showing how consumers use the symbols contained in explicitly "unreal" texts to gain a second-hand experience of transcendence and belief. It shows how today's pervasive, saturated media culture has utterly collapsed the sacred/profane binary and shapes how the religious appears and is experienced in the contemporary world"--Provided by publisher.