Categories: American Religion, Anthropology of Christianity, Religion/media, Visual Culture – Posted on November 25, 2012 Martin Kemp, “Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon” (2012) Martin Kemp, Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon (2012) – Review by A.T. Coates Kemp’s lavishly illustrated art history … Continue reading >Martin Kemp, “Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon” (2012)
Categories: Uncategorized – Posted on November 11, 2012 Arjun Appadurai, “The Thing Itself” (2006) Arjun Appadurai, “The Thing Itself,” Public Culture 18.1 (2006): 15-21. Appadurai uses the phrase “the thing itself” to describe “the … Continue reading >Arjun Appadurai, “The Thing Itself” (2006)
Categories: American Religion, Anthropology of Christianity, Fundamentalism – Posted on November 10, 2012 J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Liberalism” (1923) J. Gresham Machen, Christianity and Liberalism (1923) Machen delivers the classic text of bowtie fundamentalism. As the title suggests, he … Continue reading >J. Gresham Machen, “Christianity and Liberalism” (1923)
Categories: American Religion, Fundamentalism, Religion/media, Theories of Religion – Posted on November 5, 2012 Selections from Martin Marty’s “Fundamentalism Project” Martin Marty and R. Scott Appleby, “Introduction” and “Conclusion” in Fundamentalisms Observed (1991) and Marty, “Fundamentalism as a Social Phenomenon” … Continue reading >Selections from Martin Marty’s “Fundamentalism Project”
Categories: American Religion, Dispensationalism, Evangelicalism, Fundamentalism, Jewish-Christian Relations – Posted on November 3, 2012 Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People (2000) Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People: Missions to the Jews in America, 1880-2000. (2000) Yaakov Ariel’s Evangelizing the Chosen People … Continue reading >Yaakov Ariel, Evangelizing the Chosen People (2000)