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Religious Pop Culture
By bk | April 13, 2008 23:28
Many people are familiar with religious pop culture such as Christian rock, but I’m not sure most secular folks (or even moderate religious folks) understand how pervasive and propagandist religious pop culture is. I’m sure it exists in most religious cultures, but in the US, the most familiar is Christian pop culture. With shows such as Veggie Tales and Left Behind explicitly pushing a Christian agenda and many more incorporating a Christian bias.
So, I’m interested to see a recent book by Daniel Radosh called Rapture Ready which “is an insightful, entertaining, and deeply weird journey through the often hidden world of Christian pop culture” according to the book website. This is definately one I’m going to want to read. Having been a fan of Christian rock 15+ years ago, and kept an eye on the growth of this pop subculture through my family over the years, it will be interesting to see this take.
An example showed up here, on the Gawker site with a clip from the Bibleman series. It is no surprise, and no accident, that this propaganda is focused on children. It should be very apparent that memes such as religion and racism require getting children roped in and essentially brain washed as young as possible - before they are capable of questioning, before they can view these ideas with a critical eye. Take a look at the video here and notice the stereotypes presented in a show intended for children. Children won’t understand the stereotype, but but it will no doubt affect them. Stereotypes do stick with us
“Y’know that, women, never really faint,
And that villains always blink their eyes, woo!
And that, y’know, children are the only ones who blush!”
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