Eric Michael Mazur
Autor de God in the Details: American Religion in Popular Culture
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- Obras
- 6
- Miembros
- 46
- Popularidad
- #335,831
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- 1
- ISBNs
- 21
Many of the reliogious interpretations strikes me as commentary about a consumer based society having lost its way and rather than being about a society finding religious outlets. I found many areas indicative of cultural immaturity rather than examples religious seekings. It seemed to me as if having a book about seeing cultural celebrities as special beings and as reliogious icons might be more appropriate. This book seemed to focus on the importance that people place on belonging to a group and not the issue of why we as a society seem to want to spend our own lifes belonging to these groups at the cost of not living ourselves.
Why do so many find satisfaction in following what is deemed popular in some circles?… (más)