Consuming Religion.
Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Practicing Commodity -- 1. Binge Religion: Social Life in Extremity -- 2. The Spirit in the Cubicle: A Religious History of the American Office -- Revising Ritual -- 3. Ritualism Revived: From Scientia Ritus to Consumer Rites -- 4. Purifying America: Rites of S...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago, IL
University of Chicago Press
2017
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| In: | Year: 2017 |
| Series/Journal: | Class 200: New Studies in Religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Religion
/ Consumer behavior
/ Popular culture
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| Further subjects: | B
Consumption (Economics) - Religious aspects
B Electronic books |
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
Print version: Lofton, Kathryn: Consuming Religion. - Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press,c2017. - 9780226481937 |
| Summary: | Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Practicing Commodity -- 1. Binge Religion: Social Life in Extremity -- 2. The Spirit in the Cubicle: A Religious History of the American Office -- Revising Ritual -- 3. Ritualism Revived: From Scientia Ritus to Consumer Rites -- 4. Purifying America: Rites of Salvation in the Soap Campaign -- Imagining Celebrity -- 5. Sacrificing Britney: Celebrity and Religion in America -- 6. The Celebrification of Religion in the Age of Infotainment -- Valuing Family -- 7. Religion and the Authority in American Parenting -- 8. Kardashian Nation: Work in America's Klan -- Rethinking Corporate Freedom -- 9. Corporation as Sect -- 10. On the Origins of Corporate Culture -- 11. Do Not Tamper with the Clues: Notes on Goldman Sachs -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index. |
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| ISBN: | 022648212X |