American Popular Culture & Christianity: A Complex, Ever-Evolving Relationship

Session Submission Type: Panel Discussion

Abstract

As we move into the twenty-first century, there is an evolving yet paradoxical mixing of popular culture and religious faith. To understand this complicated relationship, this panel seeks answers to how popular culture is a site for coalescing polarized ideologies, the way that it reinforces yet also hinders the role of women in Christian faith, and despite the emergence of zealous Christians’ passion for popular culture, reflects Christian moralists’ attempts to regulate popular culture.

Sub Unit

• American Studies Division

Chair

• Shane A. Miller, Eastern Illinois Univ

Respondent

• Kendall R Phillips, Syracuse University

• Aaron V. Burton, Bowling Green State Univ

• Barbara L. Baker, University of Central Missouri

• Andrea M McClanahan, East Stroudsburg University

• Brent Yergensen, Univ of Nebraska- Lincoln

Session Organizer

• Brent Yergensen, Univ of Nebraska- Lincoln