ISBN:
9780226482125
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (374 pages)
Series Statement:
Class 200: New Studies in Religion
Parallel Title:
Lofton, Kathryn Consuming religion
Parallel Title:
Print version Lofton, Kathryn Consuming Religion
DDC:
306.60973
Keywords:
Consumption (Economics) - Religious aspects
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Consumption (Economics) - Religious aspects
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Electronic books
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USA
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Religion
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Verbraucherverhalten
;
Massenkultur
Abstract:
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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