| Consuming Religion Contributor(s): Lofton, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 022648193X ISBN-13: 9780226481937 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $98.01 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - General - History | United States - General - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 306.609 |
| LCCN: 2016057343 |
| Series: Class 200: New Studies in Religion |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.45 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: What are you drawn to like, to watch, or even to binge? What are you free to consume, and what do you become through consumption? These questions of desire and value, Kathryn Lofton argues, are questions for the study of religion. In eleven essays exploring soap and office cubicles, Britney Spears and the Kardashians, corporate culture and Goldman Sachs, Lofton shows the conceptual levers of religion in thinking about social modes of encounter, use, and longing. Wherever we see people articulate their dreams of and for the world, wherever we see those dreams organized into protocols, images, manuals, and contracts, we glimpse what the word "religion" allows us to describe and understand. With great style and analytical acumen, Lofton offers the ultimate guide to religion and consumption in our capitalizing times. |
Contributor Bio(s): Lofton, Kathryn: - Kathryn Lofton is professor of religious studies, American studies, history and divinity at Yale University. |
