Holy Hype

Holy Hype PDF

Author: Susan H. Sarapin

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2022-01-13

Total Pages: 259

ISBN-13: 1793629358

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Holy Hype: Religious Fervor in the Advertising of Goods and the Good News defines and explores the intersection of the sacred—religious symbols, themes, and rhetoric—within the profane realm of advertising and promotion. Susan H. Sarapin and Pamela L. Morris trace the historical overlap of consumer and religious ideologies in society, offering detailed examples of its use throughout history through analyses of over a hundred collected advertisements, from monks selling copiers, to billboard messages from God, to angels and the worship of vodka. Throughout the book, the authors continually evaluate if and when the technique of ‘holy hype’ is effective through its use of recognizable sacred symbols that capture audiences’ attentions and inspire both positive and negative emotions. Scholars of communication, media studies, religion, advertising, and cultural studies will find this book particularly useful.

Routledge Library Editions: 19th Century Religion

Routledge Library Editions: 19th Century Religion PDF

Author: Various Authors

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2021-07-09

Total Pages: 6282

ISBN-13: 1351587471

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Reissuing works originally published between 1973 and 1997, Routledge Library Editions: 19th Century Religion (18 volumes) offers a selection of scholarship covering historical developments in religious thinking. Topics include the origin of Catholicism in America, sexual liberation and religion in Europe, and the emergence of Atheism in Victorian England. This set also includes collections of sermons and essays from some of the most influential preachers of the nineteenth century.

Organized Freethought

Organized Freethought PDF

Author: Shirley A. Mullen

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-09-07

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 135162847X

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This title, first published in 1987, explores the phenomenon of militant freethought among England’s working classes from 1840-1870. In particular, it is an effort to explain the peculiarly theological and evangelistic overtones of much Victorian working class radicalism, and the resulting emergence of a Victorian religion of atheism. This title will be of interest to students of nineteenth-century religious and social history.