Elizabeth Rae Coody is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa, United States and co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics (2020).Dan W. Clanton Jr. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Doane University, USA. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of a number of books and articles on religion, the Bible, and popular culture.Terry Ray Clark is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion Department at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.

• Foreword to the Second Edition: How to Use this Book Elizabeth Rae Coody 1. Introduction: What is Religion? What is Pop Culture? How are they Related? Terry Ray Clark Part 1: Issues in Religion 2. Pop Culture’s Critique of Sacred Traditions: South Park and Satire Terry Ray Clark 3. A New Myth: The Critical Study of Star Wars as Myth John C. McDowell 4. On the Sacred Power of Violence in Popular Culture: American Football and the Films of Tarantino Eric Bain-Selbo 5. What Makes Music Religious?: Contemporary Christian Music and Secularization Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt 6. Ecology and Religion: Climate Change in Popular Culture Dell deChant 7. Ritual Doing, Religious Doing: Understanding Harry Potter Fan Pilgrimages J. Caroline Toy 8. Sacred Writings: The Biblical Canon and the Marvel Cinematic Universe Elizabeth Rae Coody Part 2: Genres in Popular Culture 9. Cinema and Religion: The Horror Genre Douglas E. Cowan 10. Food and What’s Cooking in Pop Culture: Lord of the Lembas Jonathan Sands Wise 11. Television: The Big Bang Theory and Lived Religion Dan W. Clanton, Jr. 12. Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE and the Liberating Power of Myth Siobhán Jolley 13. The Tarot as Material Religion Cynthia A. Hogan 14. Fandom as Religion: Cosplay, Community, and Identity America Wolff. Index

Elizabeth Rae Coody is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa, United States and co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics (2020).Dan W. Clanton Jr. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Doane University, USA. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of a number of books and articles on religion, the Bible, and popular culture.Terry Ray Clark is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion Department at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.

• Foreword to the Second Edition: How to Use this Book Elizabeth Rae Coody 1. Introduction: What is Religion? What is Pop Culture? How are they Related? Terry Ray Clark Part 1: Issues in Religion 2. Pop Culture’s Critique of Sacred Traditions: South Park and Satire Terry Ray Clark 3. A New Myth: The Critical Study of Star Wars as Myth John C. McDowell 4. On the Sacred Power of Violence in Popular Culture: American Football and the Films of Tarantino Eric Bain-Selbo 5. What Makes Music Religious?: Contemporary Christian Music and Secularization Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt 6. Ecology and Religion: Climate Change in Popular Culture Dell deChant 7. Ritual Doing, Religious Doing: Understanding Harry Potter Fan Pilgrimages J. Caroline Toy 8. Sacred Writings: The Biblical Canon and the Marvel Cinematic Universe Elizabeth Rae Coody Part 2: Genres in Popular Culture 9. Cinema and Religion: The Horror Genre Douglas E. Cowan 10. Food and What’s Cooking in Pop Culture: Lord of the Lembas Jonathan Sands Wise 11. Television: The Big Bang Theory and Lived Religion Dan W. Clanton, Jr. 12. Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE and the Liberating Power of Myth Siobhán Jolley 13. The Tarot as Material Religion Cynthia A. Hogan 14. Fandom as Religion: Cosplay, Community, and Identity America Wolff. Index

Elizabeth Rae Coody is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Morningside University, Sioux City, Iowa, United States and co-editor of Monstrous Women in Comics (2020).Dan W. Clanton Jr. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Doane University, USA. He is the author, editor, or co-editor of a number of books and articles on religion, the Bible, and popular culture.Terry Ray Clark is Professor of Religion and Chair of the Religion Department at Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY.

• Foreword to the Second Edition: How to Use this Book Elizabeth Rae Coody 1. Introduction: What is Religion? What is Pop Culture? How are they Related? Terry Ray Clark Part 1: Issues in Religion 2. Pop Culture’s Critique of Sacred Traditions: South Park and Satire Terry Ray Clark 3. A New Myth: The Critical Study of Star Wars as Myth John C. McDowell 4. On the Sacred Power of Violence in Popular Culture: American Football and the Films of Tarantino Eric Bain-Selbo 5. What Makes Music Religious?: Contemporary Christian Music and Secularization Courtney Wilder and Jeremy Rehwaldt 6. Ecology and Religion: Climate Change in Popular Culture Dell deChant 7. Ritual Doing, Religious Doing: Understanding Harry Potter Fan Pilgrimages J. Caroline Toy 8. Sacred Writings: The Biblical Canon and the Marvel Cinematic Universe Elizabeth Rae Coody Part 2: Genres in Popular Culture 9. Cinema and Religion: The Horror Genre Douglas E. Cowan 10. Food and What’s Cooking in Pop Culture: Lord of the Lembas Jonathan Sands Wise 11. Television: The Big Bang Theory and Lived Religion Dan W. Clanton, Jr. 12. Popular Music with Biblical Themes: FKA twigs’ MAGDALENE and the Liberating Power of Myth Siobhán Jolley 13. The Tarot as Material Religion Cynthia A. Hogan 14. Fandom as Religion: Cosplay, Community, and Identity America Wolff. Index