Schedule
Wed, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/10/2024 - 1/10/2024) Location: MAIN OCC 10
Wed, 12:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/10/2024 - 1/10/2024) Location: MAIN OCC 10
Thu, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/11/2024 - 1/11/2024) Location: MAIN OCC 10
Thu, 12:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/11/2024 - 1/11/2024) Location: MAIN OCC 10
Fri, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (1/12/2024 - 1/12/2024) Location: MAIN OCC 10
Fri, 12:30 PM - 4:20 PM (1/12/2024 - 1/12/2024) Location: MAIN OCC 10
Thu, 6:30 PM - 7:20 PM (1/16/2024 - 2/16/2024) Location: INTER ON OS
Description
This course traces the historical emergence and religious significance of popular culture in the West. In modernity, the locus of popular identity and meaning shifted from the church to the nation state and then later to the marketplace. Popular media tells stories to inscribe our lives with meaning and purpose, and challenge dominant assumptions about the good. Students will learn to exegete pop culture from a 21st-century Christian perspective in order to engage current realities.