About Religion Economies of Faith in Virtual Culture

Author: Hagendorf, Col

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Religion, Mark C. Taylor maintains, is most interesting where it is least obvious. From global financial networks to the casinos of Las Vegas, from images flickering on computer terminals to steel sculpture, material culture bears unexpected traces of the divine. In a world where the economies of faith are obscure, yet pervasive, Taylor shows that approaching religion directly is less instructive than thinking about it.

Traveling from high culture to pop culture and back again, About Religion approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's The Confidence-Man through the film Wall Street. As astonishing juxtapositions and associations proliferate, formerly uncharted territories of virtual culture disclose theological vestiges, showing that faith in contemporary culture is as unavoidable as it is elusive.

The most accessible presentation of Taylor's revolutionary ideas to date, About Religion gives us a dazzling and disturbing vision of life at the end of the old and beginning of the new millennium.

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Publisher Name	University of Chicago Press
Author Name	Hagendorf, Col
Format	Audio
Bisac Subject Major	COM
Language	NG
Isbn 10	0226791629
Isbn 13	9780226791623
Target Age Group	min:NA, max:NA
Series	000445759
Dimensions	00.90" H x 30.06" L x 07.00" W
Page Count	304

Author Details

Mark C. Taylor is professor of religion and chair of the Department of Religion at Columbia University. His most recent book is After God, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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