The (magic) kingdom of God : Christianity and global culture industries

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The (magic) kingdom of God : Christianity and global culture industries

Michael Budde

Westview Press, 1997

  • : hbk

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168) and index

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In The (Magic) Kingdom of God, Michael Budde offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the global culture industriesincreasingly powerful, centralized corporate conglomerates in television, advertising, marketing, movies, and the likeand their impact on Christian churches in industrialized countries. Utilizing ideas from contemporary and classical schools of political economy, the author explains why the study of global culture industries is essential for understanding the current era of global capitalism.In suggesting that the cultural ecology shaped by these industries undermines many of the primary processes and structures through which people become committed Christians, Budde offers a novel utilization of linguistic-based theories of religious formation. Responses by churches to the new situationmore religious education or attempts to use the global culture industries for Christian purposesare explored and found lacking. For the subversive praxis of Jesus of Nazareth to endure in the cultural ecology of postmodernism, Budde argues, churches must come to embrace their role as radical and countercultural alternative communities in which lay formation becomes a central preoccupation. }In The (Magic) Kingdom of God, Michael Budde offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the global culture industriesincreasingly powerful, centralized corporate conglomerates in television, advertising, marketing, movies, and the likeand their impact on Christian churches in industrialized countries. Utilizing ideas from contemporary and classical schools of political economy, the author explains why the study of global culture industries is essential for understanding the current era of global capitalism.In suggesting that the cultural ecology shaped by these industries undermines many of the primary processes and structures through which people become committed Christians, Budde offers a novel utilization of linguistic-based theories of religious formation. Responses by churches to the new situationmore religious education or attempts to use the global culture industries for Christian purposesare explored and found lacking. For the subversive praxis of Jesus of Nazareth to endure in the cultural ecology of postmodernism, Budde argues, churches must come to embrace their role as radical and countercultural alternative communities in which lay formation becomes a central preoccupation. }

目次

  • Following Jesus in a Distracted Age
  • Why Culture Matters in the World Economy
  • The Power of Global Culture Industries
  • Learning the Language of Faith
  • How Global Culture Industries Undermine Christianity
  • Church Barriers to Understanding Global Culture Industries
  • The Way from Here: Radical Gospel, Radical Church

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