ABSTRACT
In recent years, there has been a growing awareness across a range of academic disciplines of the value of exploring issues of religion and the sacred in relation to cultures of everyday life. This is evident in the growth of interest in the study of religion and ‘popular culture’, including the intersections between religion and consumer culture, leisure cultures and lifestyles, changing forms of household space, technology and emerging forms of social network. There has also been growing attention paid to the relationships between religion and the media, such as the use of new media and communication technologies by religious groups, the representation and exploration of religion and spirituality in the media, the religious significance and content of media texts and rituals, and the popular consumption of religious and spiritual media.
