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Post-Christian Religion in Popular Culture

Theology through Exegesis

Andrew D. Thrasher - Foreword by Matthew William Brake

Post-Christian Religion in Popular Culture: Theology through Exegesis analyzes several theological exegeses of contemporary popular culture as post-Christian scripture. It includes analyses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lion King, and Cloud Atlas, the television shows Lucifer and Shameless, and contemporary pop punk and alternative music. Through an application of three hermeneutical methods (re-enchantment, resourcement, and rescription), a prophetic and apocalyptic critique of modernity, and an analysis of the late-modern human condition, Andrew D. Thrasher argues how popular culture recites post-Christian religious and theological messages marked by a post-disenchantment theology constituted by the consumption of these messages shapes and informs what the contemporary world finds believable, credible, and desirable in a post-Christian context.

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Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
Pages: 248 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-1-9787-1587-5 • Hardback • September 2024 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Religion / Theology, Religion / Philosophy

Andrew D. Thrasher is adjunct professor of religions studies at George Mason University and in the Virginia Community College System.

Dedication

Foreword by Matthew William Brake

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I: Theoretical Frameworks

Chapter One: Consuming a Post-Christian Canon?

Chapter Two: The Consumptive Poetics of Belief

Part II: Methodology through Practice

Chapter Three: Marveling Re-enchantment?

Chapter Four: Deconstructing Inter-Religious Resourcement in The Lion King

Chapter Five: Rescripting Theology in Lucifer

Part III: Problems and Prophecies of Modernity

Chapter Six: The Tragedy and Trajectory of Modernity in Cloud Atlas

Chapter Seven: Grieving in the Wake of Wakanda

Part IV: Rescripting Sin as Brokenness

Chapter Eight: Doxologies of Brokenness

Chapter Nine: The Poverty of Sin in Shameless

Part V: Constructive Conclusions

Chapter Ten: Messages of Post-Christian Theology

Bibliography

Andrew D. Thrasher invites us to consider the place and value of popular culture works to theology and faith in a post-Christian culture dominated by disenchantment. This book helpfully moves beyond simple acceptance or critique of popular culture by offering critical methodologies rooted in re-enchantment, resourcement, and resciption. Thrasher’s attentive analysis of cultural and theological elements makes the valuable discussions on music, movies, and media an imaginative investigation imbued with hope and belief.


— Scott Donahue-Martens, independent scholar


Andrew Thrasher skillfully draws on philosophical insights from Charles Taylor and others to argue that the cultural liturgies of pop culture mediate a social imaginary that is fundamentally post-Christian. That is, the stories and songs of the pop-cultural mind reveal a different overarching story about the world that echoes but moves beyond Christian ideas. Even so, Thrasher offers resources for how to engage this new landscape in a way that modern social imaginary, as reflected in the pop culture imagination is post-Christian.


— Dale Coulter, Pentecostal Theological Seminary


Andrew D. Thrasher has written a fascinating book which looks at implicit religious beliefs within contemporary popular culture and seeks to discern their significance for the construction of a "post-disenchantment theology." Working at the intersection of philosophy, sociology, religious studies, and theology, he provides important insights at every turn. No one who is interested in how theology can or should interrogate contemporary beliefs and values in wider society will wish to ignore this book. It is an important account that deals with fundamental questions on the nature of society and the human condition. I recommend it most warmly to students and scholars of religion and popular culture.


— Mark J. Cartledge, London School of Theology


Post-Christian Religion in Popular Culture

Theology through Exegesis

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Hardback
Summary
Summary
  • Post-Christian Religion in Popular Culture: Theology through Exegesis analyzes several theological exegeses of contemporary popular culture as post-Christian scripture. It includes analyses of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Lion King, and Cloud Atlas, the television shows Lucifer and Shameless, and contemporary pop punk and alternative music. Through an application of three hermeneutical methods (re-enchantment, resourcement, and rescription), a prophetic and apocalyptic critique of modernity, and an analysis of the late-modern human condition, Andrew D. Thrasher argues how popular culture recites post-Christian religious and theological messages marked by a post-disenchantment theology constituted by the consumption of these messages shapes and informs what the contemporary world finds believable, credible, and desirable in a post-Christian context.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books / Fortress Academic
    Pages: 248 • Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
    978-1-9787-1587-5 • Hardback • September 2024 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
    Series: Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture
    Subjects: Religion / Christianity / Literature & the Arts, Religion / Theology, Religion / Philosophy
Author
Author
  • Andrew D. Thrasher is adjunct professor of religions studies at George Mason University and in the Virginia Community College System.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Dedication

    Foreword by Matthew William Brake

    Preface

    Acknowledgments

    Introduction

    Part I: Theoretical Frameworks

    Chapter One: Consuming a Post-Christian Canon?

    Chapter Two: The Consumptive Poetics of Belief

    Part II: Methodology through Practice

    Chapter Three: Marveling Re-enchantment?

    Chapter Four: Deconstructing Inter-Religious Resourcement in The Lion King

    Chapter Five: Rescripting Theology in Lucifer

    Part III: Problems and Prophecies of Modernity

    Chapter Six: The Tragedy and Trajectory of Modernity in Cloud Atlas

    Chapter Seven: Grieving in the Wake of Wakanda

    Part IV: Rescripting Sin as Brokenness

    Chapter Eight: Doxologies of Brokenness

    Chapter Nine: The Poverty of Sin in Shameless

    Part V: Constructive Conclusions

    Chapter Ten: Messages of Post-Christian Theology

    Bibliography

Reviews
Reviews
  • Andrew D. Thrasher invites us to consider the place and value of popular culture works to theology and faith in a post-Christian culture dominated by disenchantment. This book helpfully moves beyond simple acceptance or critique of popular culture by offering critical methodologies rooted in re-enchantment, resourcement, and resciption. Thrasher’s attentive analysis of cultural and theological elements makes the valuable discussions on music, movies, and media an imaginative investigation imbued with hope and belief.


    — Scott Donahue-Martens, independent scholar


    Andrew Thrasher skillfully draws on philosophical insights from Charles Taylor and others to argue that the cultural liturgies of pop culture mediate a social imaginary that is fundamentally post-Christian. That is, the stories and songs of the pop-cultural mind reveal a different overarching story about the world that echoes but moves beyond Christian ideas. Even so, Thrasher offers resources for how to engage this new landscape in a way that modern social imaginary, as reflected in the pop culture imagination is post-Christian.


    — Dale Coulter, Pentecostal Theological Seminary


    Andrew D. Thrasher has written a fascinating book which looks at implicit religious beliefs within contemporary popular culture and seeks to discern their significance for the construction of a "post-disenchantment theology." Working at the intersection of philosophy, sociology, religious studies, and theology, he provides important insights at every turn. No one who is interested in how theology can or should interrogate contemporary beliefs and values in wider society will wish to ignore this book. It is an important account that deals with fundamental questions on the nature of society and the human condition. I recommend it most warmly to students and scholars of religion and popular culture.


    — Mark J. Cartledge, London School of Theology


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