Introduction: Finding Religion in Unexpected Places / Bruce David Forbes -- Pt. 1. Religion in Popular Culture. 1. The Oriental Monk in American Popular Culture / Jane Naomi Iwamura. 2. Consecrating Consumer Culture: Christmas Television Specials / Robert J. Thompson. 3. From American Dream to American Horizon: The Religious Dimension in Louis L'Amour and Cormac McCarthy / Terry C. Muck. 4. Like a Sermon: Popular Religion in Madonna Videos / Mark D. Hulsether -- Pt. 2. Popular Culture in Religion. 5. Evangelicals and Popular Music: The Contemporary Christian Music Industry / William D. Romanowski. 6. The Electronic Golden Calf: Transforming Ritual and Icon / Gregor Goethals. 7. The Cross at Willow Creek: Seeker Religion and the Contemporary Marketplace / Stewart M. Hoover -- Pt. 3. Popular Culture as Religion. 8. It's about Faith in Our Future: Star Trek Fandom as Cultural Religion / Michael Jindra.

9. Losing Their Way to Salvation: Women, Weight Loss, and the Salvation Myth of Culture Lite / Michelle M. Lelwica. 10. An American Apotheosis: Sports as Popular Religion / Joseph L. Price. 11. The Church of Baseball, the Fetish of Coca-Cola, and the Potlatch of Rock 'n' Roll / David Chidester -- Pt. 4. Religion and Popular Culture in Dialogue. 12. The Disguise of Vengeance in Pale Rider / Robert Jewett. 13. Rap Music and Its Message: On Interpreting the Contact between Religion and Popular Culture / Anthony Pinn. 14. Lost in Cyberspace?: Gender, Difference, and the Internet "Utopia" / Meredith Underwood -- Conclusion: Establishing a Dialogue about Religion and Popular Culture / Jeffrey H. Mahan.