religious studies midterm
culture industry
Producers and consumers
Sense of production of goods/economic exchange
Trying to maximize their profits by manipulating people into thinking that they need this product being sold (cultivate desire)
mass culture
high culture: upper class, expensive, technology
low culture: everyday things, disposable, not high quality (McDonalds happy meal toy)
diversity
a group of people can be diverse
but pluralism is how we react/interact
challenges the structures that promote diversity
culture studies
the academic approach where they study the greatest examples when it comes to culture
it tells us a lot about different locations within culture
popular culture is associated with
rapidness (trends, grabbing attention, superficial, no emotional depth)
high culture and mass culture as well
Jesus as a Cultural Icon
solus Jesus: there is a trend where Jesus becomes separated from Christianity, as well as the texts being disconnected
this figure of Jesus is going around where it is untethered from Christianity (bobble heads, posters, keychains, pins...)
Two natures
100% 100%: greek philosophical term for the statement of belief
impossible to have both 100%
christians thought that Jesus could be both their friend and creator at the same time