What Makes Media Religious?
Okay, this might be a bit out there, but I have too much time on my commute to let my mind wander. I was thinking about religion in media. I mean books, television, and film. This might not be the same everywhere, but here the predominant culture has a heavy christian influence in media since it is the religion of the majority of people in Canada. Of course our media is also heavily influenced by America and also by England. This isn’t a rant about that though. I am much more interested in what makes media religious. Obviously, the Bible is a religious text. I don’t know if I would think of it as media, but I guess technically it is. So that is some sort of baseline for what is definitely religious in the form of a book. Other media is very intentionally and overtly religious as well. Let’s see…. Jesus Christ Superstar. The Shack. Noah. … I am blanking, but there are lots. (This is going somewhere, I promise.) After that it is a sliding scale of what is religious in media. For example ...