Robert Paul Seesengood is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Drew Theological School, Drew University, USA. He is the author of Competing Identities: The Athlete and Gladiator in Early Christianity (2007).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: 1.Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA2. What is Cultural Studies Anyway – Richard Johnson, Nottingham Trent University, UK3. Cultural Studies: An Introduction – John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK4. In Debt to the Censor – Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia5. Graves of Craving: Fast Food, or, Manna and McDonalds – Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia6. Biblical Studies/Cultural Studies -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK and Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA7. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart II: 8. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA9. On the Face and Physique of the Historical Jesus -- Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA10. Jezebel Revamped -- Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, USA11. Backwaters and Underbellies – Yvonne Sherwood, University of Kent, UK12. The World’s Largest Ten Commandments – Tim Beal, Case Western Reserve University, USA13. Almost Cultural Studies? Reflections on the 'New Perspective' on Paul – R. Barry Matlock, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA14. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart III: 15. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA16. House Readings and Field Readings: The Discourse of Slavery and Biblical/Cultural Studies – Jennifer A. Glancy, LeMoyne College, USA17. The Bible John Murders and Media Discourse, 1969-1996 – William T. Scott18. Dracula: ‘The Blood is the Life’ -- Larry J. Kreitzer, University of Oxford, UK19. The Circus – Burke O. Long, Bowdoin College, USA20. The Selfish Text: The Bible and Memetis – Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK21. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart IV:22. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA23. Bathsheba Plotted, Shot and Painted -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK24. How the West was not One: Delilah Deconstructs The Western -- Jennifer Koosed, Albright College, USA and Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University, USA25. Sitcom Mythology -- George Aichele, Adrian College, USA26. Gospels of Death – Richard Walsh, Methodist University, NC, USA27. Why Girls Cry: Gender Melancolia and Sexual Violence in Ezekiel 16 And Boys Don’t Cry -- Erin Runions, Pomona College, USA28 Reading ‘This Woman’ back into John 7:1-8:59: Liar, Liar and the ‘Pericopoe adulterae’ in Intertextual Lingo -- Jeffrey L. Staley, Settle University, USA29. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsIndex

Robert Paul Seesengood is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Drew Theological School, Drew University, USA. He is the author of Competing Identities: The Athlete and Gladiator in Early Christianity (2007).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: 1.Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA2. What is Cultural Studies Anyway – Richard Johnson, Nottingham Trent University, UK3. Cultural Studies: An Introduction – John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK4. In Debt to the Censor – Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia5. Graves of Craving: Fast Food, or, Manna and McDonalds – Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia6. Biblical Studies/Cultural Studies -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK and Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA7. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart II: 8. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA9. On the Face and Physique of the Historical Jesus -- Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA10. Jezebel Revamped -- Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, USA11. Backwaters and Underbellies – Yvonne Sherwood, University of Kent, UK12. The World’s Largest Ten Commandments – Tim Beal, Case Western Reserve University, USA13. Almost Cultural Studies? Reflections on the 'New Perspective' on Paul – R. Barry Matlock, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA14. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart III: 15. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA16. House Readings and Field Readings: The Discourse of Slavery and Biblical/Cultural Studies – Jennifer A. Glancy, LeMoyne College, USA17. The Bible John Murders and Media Discourse, 1969-1996 – William T. Scott18. Dracula: ‘The Blood is the Life’ -- Larry J. Kreitzer, University of Oxford, UK19. The Circus – Burke O. Long, Bowdoin College, USA20. The Selfish Text: The Bible and Memetis – Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK21. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart IV:22. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA23. Bathsheba Plotted, Shot and Painted -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK24. How the West was not One: Delilah Deconstructs The Western -- Jennifer Koosed, Albright College, USA and Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University, USA25. Sitcom Mythology -- George Aichele, Adrian College, USA26. Gospels of Death – Richard Walsh, Methodist University, NC, USA27. Why Girls Cry: Gender Melancolia and Sexual Violence in Ezekiel 16 And Boys Don’t Cry -- Erin Runions, Pomona College, USA28 Reading ‘This Woman’ back into John 7:1-8:59: Liar, Liar and the ‘Pericopoe adulterae’ in Intertextual Lingo -- Jeffrey L. Staley, Settle University, USA29. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsIndex

Robert Paul Seesengood is Associate Dean of Academic Affairs at Drew Theological School, Drew University, USA. He is the author of Competing Identities: The Athlete and Gladiator in Early Christianity (2007).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart I: 1.Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA2. What is Cultural Studies Anyway – Richard Johnson, Nottingham Trent University, UK3. Cultural Studies: An Introduction – John Storey, University of Sunderland, UK4. In Debt to the Censor – Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia5. Graves of Craving: Fast Food, or, Manna and McDonalds – Roland Boer, University of Newcastle, Australia6. Biblical Studies/Cultural Studies -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK and Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA7. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart II: 8. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA9. On the Face and Physique of the Historical Jesus -- Stephen D. Moore, Drew University, USA10. Jezebel Revamped -- Tina Pippin, Agnes Scott College, USA11. Backwaters and Underbellies – Yvonne Sherwood, University of Kent, UK12. The World’s Largest Ten Commandments – Tim Beal, Case Western Reserve University, USA13. Almost Cultural Studies? Reflections on the 'New Perspective' on Paul – R. Barry Matlock, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA14. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart III: 15. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA16. House Readings and Field Readings: The Discourse of Slavery and Biblical/Cultural Studies – Jennifer A. Glancy, LeMoyne College, USA17. The Bible John Murders and Media Discourse, 1969-1996 – William T. Scott18. Dracula: ‘The Blood is the Life’ -- Larry J. Kreitzer, University of Oxford, UK19. The Circus – Burke O. Long, Bowdoin College, USA20. The Selfish Text: The Bible and Memetis – Hugh S. Pyper, University of Sheffield, UK21. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsPart IV:22. Section Introduction – Robert Seesengood, Albright College, USA23. Bathsheba Plotted, Shot and Painted -- J. Cheryl Exum, University of Sheffield, UK24. How the West was not One: Delilah Deconstructs The Western -- Jennifer Koosed, Albright College, USA and Tod Linafelt, Georgetown University, USA25. Sitcom Mythology -- George Aichele, Adrian College, USA26. Gospels of Death – Richard Walsh, Methodist University, NC, USA27. Why Girls Cry: Gender Melancolia and Sexual Violence in Ezekiel 16 And Boys Don’t Cry -- Erin Runions, Pomona College, USA28 Reading ‘This Woman’ back into John 7:1-8:59: Liar, Liar and the ‘Pericopoe adulterae’ in Intertextual Lingo -- Jeffrey L. Staley, Settle University, USA29. Annotated Bibliography: Further ReadingsIndex