LS 685 - Religion and Popular Culture

(3.00 cr.)

An introduction to critical issues in and approaches to the study of religion and popular culture. The course considers how religious themes and images are portrayed, critiqued, and manipulated in books, films, music and other media forms. An important part of the class is a discussion of what "religion" is and what we mean when we make distinctions between "high" and "low" culture.