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Introduction : finding religion in unexpected places / Bruce David Forbes
The origin(s) of Superman : reimagining religion in the Man of Steel / Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
The Oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura
Adventure time and sacred history : myth and reality in children's animated cartoons / Elijah Siegler
Monstrous Muslims : historical anxieties and future trends / Sophia R. Arjana
The weight of the world : religion and heavy metal music in four cases / Jason C. Bivins
Christmas is like a snowball / Bruce David Forbes
Mipsterz : hip, American, and Muslim / Kristin M. Peterson, Nabil Echchaibi
Megachurches, celebrity pastors, and the evangelical industrial complex / Jessica Johnson
People of the picture book : PJ Library and American Jewish religion / Rachel B. Gross
Meditation-on-the-go : Buddhist smartphone apps as video game play / Gregory Price Grieve
It's about faith in our future : Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra
Shopping, religion, and the sacred "buyosphere" / Sarah McFarland Taylor
Losing their way to salvation : women, weight loss, and the religion of thinness / Michelle M. Lelwica
The "godding up" of American sports / Joseph L. Price
Celebrity worship as parareligion : Bieber and the Beliebers / Pete Ward
Yoga in popular culture : controversies and conflicts / Shreena Niketa Ghandi
Mirror, mirror, on ourselves : Disney as a site of religio-cultural dialogue / Stephanie Brehm and Myev Rees
Can watching a movie be a spiritual experience? / Robert K. Johnston
Rap music and its message : on the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony B. Pinn
Broadswords and face paint : why Braveheart still matters / Curtis D. Coats and Stewart M. Hoover
Discussion questions.
The origin(s) of Superman : reimagining religion in the Man of Steel / Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
The Oriental monk in American popular culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura
Adventure time and sacred history : myth and reality in children's animated cartoons / Elijah Siegler
Monstrous Muslims : historical anxieties and future trends / Sophia R. Arjana
The weight of the world : religion and heavy metal music in four cases / Jason C. Bivins
Christmas is like a snowball / Bruce David Forbes
Mipsterz : hip, American, and Muslim / Kristin M. Peterson, Nabil Echchaibi
Megachurches, celebrity pastors, and the evangelical industrial complex / Jessica Johnson
People of the picture book : PJ Library and American Jewish religion / Rachel B. Gross
Meditation-on-the-go : Buddhist smartphone apps as video game play / Gregory Price Grieve
It's about faith in our future : Star Trek fandom as cultural religion / Michael Jindra
Shopping, religion, and the sacred "buyosphere" / Sarah McFarland Taylor
Losing their way to salvation : women, weight loss, and the religion of thinness / Michelle M. Lelwica
The "godding up" of American sports / Joseph L. Price
Celebrity worship as parareligion : Bieber and the Beliebers / Pete Ward
Yoga in popular culture : controversies and conflicts / Shreena Niketa Ghandi
Mirror, mirror, on ourselves : Disney as a site of religio-cultural dialogue / Stephanie Brehm and Myev Rees
Can watching a movie be a spiritual experience? / Robert K. Johnston
Rap music and its message : on the contact between religion and popular culture / Anthony B. Pinn
Broadswords and face paint : why Braveheart still matters / Curtis D. Coats and Stewart M. Hoover
Discussion questions.