Routledge Handbook of Religion and American Culture

Chad E. Seales is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He earned a B.A. from the University of Florida, an M.T.S. from Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research addresses the cultural relationship between religion and secularism in American life. He is the author of Religion Around Bono: Evangelical Enchantment and Neoliberal Capitalism (Penn State University Press, 2019), The Secular Spectacle: Performing Religion in a Southern Town (Oxford University Press, 2013), and has published articles on religion and food, industrial religion, corporate chaplaincy, religion and film, and secularism and secularization in the United States.

• Introduction PART 1: ENERGY 1. Sugar 2. Whaling 3. Fossil Fuels 4. Nuclear 5. Renewable PART 2: INDUSTRY 6. Banking 7. Manufacturing 8. Communications 9. Pharmaceuticals 10. Marketing PART 3: PUBLIC LIFE 11. Agriculture 12. Architecture 13. Home 14. Education 15. Workplace PART 4: MUSIC 16. Jazz 17. Gospel and Blues 18. Country 19. Hip Hop 20. Punk PART 5: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT 21. Broadway 22. Fashion 23. Sports 24. Comedy 25. Television 26. Film PART 6: LIFE AND DEATH 27. Healthcare 28. Birthing 29. Adoption 30. Capital Punishment 31. Artificial Intelligence