Celebrity Worship

Authors: Pete Ward
Publisher: Routledge
Edition: 1
Publish Year: 2019
ISBN: 9781138587090

Celebrity Worship provides an introduction to the fascinating study of celebrity culture and religion. The book argues for celebrity as a foundational component for any consideration of the relationship between religion, media and culture. Celebrity worship is seen as a vibrant and interactive discourse of the sacred self in contemporary society.

Topics discussed include:

-Celebrity culture.
-Celebrity worship and project of the self as the new sacred.
-Social media and the democratisation of celebrity.
-Reactions to celebrity death.
-Celebrities as theologians of the self.
-Christian celebrity.