How Long to Read Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture by Mark W. Macwilliams

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This book explores central issues of religion in an age of globalization, questioning how religion speaks to us in contemporary society, and how representations of religion impact in popular culture. Focusing on Japanese popular culture, MacWilliams examines Japanese comic books in particular: Japanese manga or 'comic books' often explicitly deal with religion, and commercially published manga account for over 40% of total number of books and magazines published in Japan. The magic of manga lies in their potential "to dramatise and exaggerate information and simplify a complex reality", and just like the religious iconography of an earlier age, modern manga offer a powerful visual theology of sacred reality for their audience. What 'imagined selves and worlds' do manga construct? What are some of the important visual theologies that they can convey? These are some of the questions explored in this book. Historians of religion have largely ignored popular culture as a medium of religious experience and expression; yet by neglecting popular genres, such as Japanese manga, they ignore one of the principal ways people day wrestle with contemporary moral and spiritual issues. This book redresses this neglected area, raising profound religious and moral issues that are immediately relevant for those exploring Japanese religion, media and cultural studies, and anyone trying to imagine the sacred today.

How long is Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture?

Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture by Mark W. Macwilliams is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture aloud.

What Reading Level is Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture?

Imagining the Sacred in Popular Culture is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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