Lofton Kathryn - Consuming Religion - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: What are you drawn to like to watch or even to binge? What are you free to consume and what do you become through consumption? These questions of desire and value Kathryn Lofton argues are at bottom religious questions. Whether or not you have been inside of a cathedral a temple or a seminary you live in the frame of religion. In eleven essays exploring soap and office cubicles Britney Spears and the Kardashians corporate culture and Goldman Sachs Lofton shows the conceptual levers of religion in thinking about social modes of encounter use and longing. Wherever we see people articulate their dreams of and for the world wherever we see those dreams organized into protocols images manuals and contracts we glimpse what the word "religion" allows us to describe and understand. With great style and analytical acumen Lofton offers the ultimate guide to religion and consumption in our capitalizing times.
Title: Consuming Religion
Author(s): Lofton Kathryn
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226482095
Pages: 352 Pages
Publication Date: 9/12/2017
Series: Class 200: New Studies in Religion
Category: Religion & Beliefs