Understanding Theology and Popular Culture. By Gordon Lynch. Oxford: Blackwell. 2005, xv + 236 pp
Doingresearch on popular culture has turned into quite a popular business. Research like this is easy to sell, both in the shape of books and in the shape of university courses. That being said, its popularity does not make the field of research improper or less valuable. This becomes clear after re...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2006
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Literature and theology
Year: 2006, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 334-335 |
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| Summary: | Doingresearch on popular culture has turned into quite a popular business. Research like this is easy to sell, both in the shape of books and in the shape of university courses. That being said, its popularity does not make the field of research improper or less valuable. This becomes clear after reading Gordon Lynch's book. In matter of fact, it is a well-written book, well founded empirically as well as theoretically, though with some limitations., The author, Gordon Lynch from the University of Birmingham, UK, sets out to ‘provide more clarity to our understanding of aims and methods in the study of theology, religion and popular culture’ (from the preface). This means that he has to navigate within the difficult area of concepts and fields that are not easily defined. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Literature and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/litthe/frl035 |