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Celebrity Gods
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Author : Benjamin Dorman
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2012-02-29
Celebrity Gods written by Benjamin Dorman and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with Social Science categories.
Celebrity Gods explores the interaction of new religions and the media in postwar Japan. It focuses on the leaders and founders (kyōsō) of Jiu and Tenshō Kōtai Jingū Kyō, two new religions of Japan’s immediate postwar period that received substantial press attention. Jiu was linked to the popular prewar group Ōmotokyō, and its activities were based on the millennial visions of its leader, a woman called Jikōson. When Jiu attracted the legendary sumo champion Futabayama to its cause, Jikōson and her activities became a widely-covered cause célèbre in the press. Tenshō Kōtai Jingū Kyō (labeled odoru shūkyō, “the dancing religion,” by the press) was led by a farmer’s wife, Kitamura Sayo. Her uncompromising vision and actions toward creating a new society—one that was far removed from what she described as the “maggot world” of postwar Japan—drew harsh and often mocking criticism from the print media. Looking back for precursors to the postwar relationship of new religions and media, Benjamin Dorman explores the significant role that the Japanese media traditionally played in defining appropriate and acceptable social behavior, acting at times as mouthpieces for government and religious authorities. Using the cases of Renmonkyō in the Meiji era and Ōmotokyō in the Taishō and Shōwa eras, Dorman shows how accumulated images of new religions in pre-1945 Japan became absorbed into those of the immediate postwar period. Given the lack of formal religious education in Japan, the media played an important role in transmitting notions of acceptable behavior to the public. He goes on to characterize the leaders of these groups as “celebrity gods,” demonstrating that the media, which were generally untrained in religious history or ideas, chose to fashion them as “celebrities” whose antics deserved derision. While the prewar media had presented other kyōsō as the antithesis of decent, moral citizens who stood in opposition to the aims of the state, postwar media reports presented them primarily as unfit for democratic society. Celebrity Gods delves into an under-studied era of religious history: the Allied Occupation and the postwar period up to the early 1950s. It is an important interdisciplinary work that considers relations between Japanese and Occupation bureaucracies and the groups in question, and uses primary source documents from Occupation archives and interviews with media workers and members of religious groups. For observers of postwar Japan, this research provides a roadmap to help understand issues relating to the Aum Shinrikyō affair of the 1990s.
Gods Behaving Badly
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Author : Pete Ward
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Gods Behaving Badly written by Pete Ward and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Gods Behaving Badly examines the blurred boundary between popular culture and religionùone that has given way to an often confounding fusion of the sacred and the profane. Flipping through pages of tabloid media and looking underneath the veil of Hollywood's glamour, Pete Ward exposes how, in its consumer life, Western society elevates celebrity to the theological and, in so doing, creates a new para-religion. Inevitably, whether despised or extolled, individual celebrities evoke public moral judgment, creating fertile ground for theological innovation. --
Christ And Celebrity Gods
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Author : Malcolm Boyd
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1958
Christ And Celebrity Gods written by Malcolm Boyd and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1958 with Culture in motion pictures categories.
Celebrity Gods
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Author : Benjamin Dorman
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2012-02-29
Celebrity Gods written by Benjamin Dorman and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with Social Science categories.
Celebrity Gods explores the interaction of new religions and the media in postwar Japan. It focuses on the leaders and founders (kyōsō) of Jiu and Tenshō Kōtai Jingū Kyō, two new religions of Japan’s immediate postwar period that received substantial press attention. Jiu was linked to the popular prewar group Ōmotokyō, and its activities were based on the millennial visions of its leader, a woman called Jikōson. When Jiu attracted the legendary sumo champion Futabayama to its cause, Jikōson and her activities became a widely-covered cause célèbre in the press. Tenshō Kōtai Jingū Kyō (labeled odoru shūkyō, “the dancing religion,” by the press) was led by a farmer’s wife, Kitamura Sayo. Her uncompromising vision and actions toward creating a new society—one that was far removed from what she described as the “maggot world” of postwar Japan—drew harsh and often mocking criticism from the print media. Looking back for precursors to the postwar relationship of new religions and media, Benjamin Dorman explores the significant role that the Japanese media traditionally played in defining appropriate and acceptable social behavior, acting at times as mouthpieces for government and religious authorities. Using the cases of Renmonkyō in the Meiji era and Ōmotokyō in the Taishō and Shōwa eras, Dorman shows how accumulated images of new religions in pre-1945 Japan became absorbed into those of the immediate postwar period. Given the lack of formal religious education in Japan, the media played an important role in transmitting notions of acceptable behavior to the public. He goes on to characterize the leaders of these groups as “celebrity gods,” demonstrating that the media, which were generally untrained in religious history or ideas, chose to fashion them as “celebrities” whose antics deserved derision. While the prewar media had presented other kyōsō as the antithesis of decent, moral citizens who stood in opposition to the aims of the state, postwar media reports presented them primarily as unfit for democratic society. Celebrity Gods delves into an under-studied era of religious history: the Allied Occupation and the postwar period up to the early 1950s. It is an important interdisciplinary work that considers relations between Japanese and Occupation bureaucracies and the groups in question, and uses primary source documents from Occupation archives and interviews with media workers and members of religious groups. For observers of postwar Japan, this research provides a roadmap to help understand issues relating to the Aum Shinrikyō affair of the 1990s.
Gods Like Us
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Author : Ty Burr
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2012-09-18
Gods Like Us written by Ty Burr and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-18 with Performing Arts categories.
WITH 8 PAGES OF BLACK-AND-WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS How—and why—do we obsess over movie stars? How does fame both reflect and mask the person behind it? How have the image of stardom and our stars’ images altered over a century of cultural and technological change? Do we create celebrities, or do they create us? Ty Burr, film critic for The Boston Globe, answers these questions in this lively and fascinating anecdotal history of stardom, with all its blessings and curses for star and stargazer alike. From Mary Pickford and Charlie Chaplin to Archie Leach (a.k.a. Cary Grant) and Marion Morrison (a.k.a. John Wayne), Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts, and such no-cal stars of today as the Kardashians and the new online celebrity (i.e., you and me), Burr takes us on an insightful and entertaining journey through the modern fame game at its flashiest, most indulgent, occasionally most tragic, and ultimately, its most revealing.
Fame
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Author : Tom Payne
language : en
Publisher: Picador
Release Date : 2010-10-26
Fame written by Tom Payne and has been published by Picador this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-26 with Social Science categories.
We may regard celebrities as deities, but that does not mean we worship them with deference. From prehistory to the present, humanity has possessed a primal urge first to exalt the famous but then to cut them down (Michael Jackson, anyone?). Why do we treat the ones we love like burnt offerings in a ritual of human sacrifice? Perhaps because that is exactly what they are. From Greek mythology to the stories of the Christian martyrs and Dr. Faustus, Payne makes the fascinating argument that our relationship to celebrity is perilous, and that we wouldn't have it any other way. He also shows that the people we choose as our heroes and villains throughout the ages says a lot about ourselves—and what it says is often quite frightening. Fame even brings new life to all the literary figures from our high school English classes. In these pages, the most ephemeral reality television stars (those "famous for being famous") find themselves in the same VIP lounge as the characters of The Iliad. With great wit, scholarship, and insight, Tom Payne draws the narratives of the past and the present into one intriguing story. Fame is a dazzling, hilarious look at the mortals, and the immortals—us and them.
Fraudulent Gods
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Author : Diamante R. Lara
language : en
Publisher: Diamante Lara
Release Date : 2017-03-20
Fraudulent Gods written by Diamante R. Lara and has been published by Diamante Lara this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-20 with Political Science categories.
elebrities... Fraudulent gods. Should they be worshipped like idols? Are we suppose to be influenced and manipulated by them? Should spoiled privileged leftist celebs illiterate in politics, tell us who to vote, what path to take, what decisions to make and be our guide to life? The people presented in this book are authoritarians dictating your moral and logical judgements to advance their leftist agenda. This is a trend that has been in existence for a long time and its not only celebs but other famous influential people. The reason many of us tolerate these leftist lunatics' engagement in politics is because we know that behind their public images celebrities are real people, perhaps most importantly in this conversation, taxpaying American citizens. This gives them a right - and the freedom - to be in on this conversation. But what they are doing now is extreme and unnecessary. Uninformed hypocritical celebrities need to stay out of politics. They're unqualified to speak about the complexities of policies. Whereas, they are not politicians but ordinary or unordinary humans with the ‘Celebrity Status’. They know nothing about politics, most of them are liars and frauds! The following individuals below are mentioned. Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Pope Francis, Queen Elizabeth, Oprah Winfrey, Eminem, Miley Cyrus, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Emma Watson, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jimmy Kimmel, Madonna, Robert De Niro, Colin Kaepernick, Jennifer Lopez, Demi Lovato, Kendall Jenner, Ariana Grande, Jimmy Fallon, Taylor Swift, Lady Gaga, LeBron James, Marshall Lynch, Ellen DeGeneres, Jennifer Lawrence, and Kim Kardashian.
Gods Like Us
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Author : Perfection Learning Corporation
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback
Release Date : 2019
Gods Like Us written by Perfection Learning Corporation and has been published by Turtleback this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Cult Of Celebrity
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Author : Cooper Lawrence
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2009-01-20
Cult Of Celebrity written by Cooper Lawrence and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-20 with categories.
Celebrity Worship
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Author : Pete Ward
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-11-21
Celebrity Worship written by Pete Ward and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-21 with Religion categories.
Celebrity Worship provides an introduction to the fascinating study of celebrity culture and religion. The book argues for celebrity as a foundational component for any consideration of the relationship between religion, media and culture. Celebrity worship is seen as a vibrant and interactive discourse of the sacred self in contemporary society. Topics discussed include: Celebrity culture. Celebrity worship and project of the self as the new sacred. Social media and the democratisation of celebrity. Reactions to celebrity death. Celebrities as theologians of the self. Christian celebrity. Using contemporary case studies, such as lifestyle television, the religious vision of Oprah Winfrey and the death of David Bowie, this book is a gripping read for those with an interest in celebrity culture, cultural studies, media studies, religion in the media and the role of religion in society.
