Bombing at the Box Office: Reviewers' Responses to Agnosticism in Bill Maher's Religulous

This article examines reviewers' reactions to Bill Maher's documentary film Religulous as a way of beginning a discussion of media and religious hegemony. Hegemony theory posits that dominant ideology typically trumps contesting views, even when the latter do manage to leak through the sys...

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Main Author: Moore, Rick Clifton (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group [2011]
In: Journal of media and religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 91-112
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