The study of the reciprocal relationship between the Bible and popular culture has blossomed in the past few decades, and the time seems ripe for a broadly-conceived work that assesses the current state of the field, offers examples of work in that field, and suggests future directions for further study. This Handbook includes a wide range of topics organized under several broad themes, including biblical characters (such as Adam, Eve, David and Jesus) and themes (like Creation, Hell, and Apocalyptic) in popular culture; the Bible in popular cultural genres (for example, film, comics, and Jazz); and "lived" examples (such as museums and theme parks). The Handbook concludes with a section taking stock of methodologies and the impact of the field on teaching and publishing. The Oxford Handbook of the Bible and American Popular Culture represents a major contribution to the field by some of its leading practitioners, and will be a key resource for the future development of the study of both the Bible and its role in American popular culture.

About the Author
Dan W. Clanton, Jr. is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Doane University in Crete, NE. A researcher of aesthetic interpretations of biblical literature and the intersection between religion and (popular) culture, he has written Daring, Disreputable, and Devout: Interpreting the Hebrew Bible's Women in the Arts and Music; edited or co-edited The End Will Be Graphic: Apocalyptic in Comic Books and Graphic Novels and Understanding Religion and Popular Culture. Since 2017, he is the Program Chair of the Society of Biblical Literature's National Bible and Popular Culture Section. Terry R. Clark is a Professor of Religion at Georgetown College in Georgetown, KY. Teaching a broad range of religious topics, including Religion and Popular Culture, Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, World Religions, and other cultural/historical studies, his chief concern is interpreting texts both ancient and modern in light of their historical context. He has published in the fields of Biblical Interpretation and Religion and Popular Culture, including Understanding Religion and Popular Culture (2012) and "I Will Be King over You": The Rhetoric of Divine Kingship in the Book of Ezekiel (2014).

Reviews
It is an excellent summation of where this exciting field of study is at the current moment and offers a number of new ideas and explorations. * Brandon R. Grafius, Ecumenical Theological Seminary, Review of Biblical Literature *
amazingly thorough and insightful * Jim West, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament *
This hefty volume promises to be enormously helpful for teaching the Bible in contemporary academic settings. Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals. * R. A. Boisclair, Alaska Pacific University, CHOICE *
It is difficult, if not impossible, to dispute the claim that the Bible holds the place as the single most influential book in America's history. ... In forty-two essays, the work examines different aspects of the Bible and how it has been translated, designed, produced, and distributed over the course of American history. * Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern, The Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought *



Book Information
ISBN 9780190461416
Author Dan W. Clanton, Jr.
Format Hardback
Page Count 616
Imprint Oxford University Press Inc
Publisher Oxford University Press Inc
Weight(grams) 1111g
Dimensions(mm) 183mm * 249mm * 51mm