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Consumer Agency Ans✓✓✓People aren't just brainwashed by culture;
they interpret and respond in their own ways.
Clifford Geertz Ans✓✓✓Religion = a system of symbols that helps
people make sense of the world.
Religion and pop culture connection Ans✓✓✓Religion and pop culture
are connected, not separate.
Popular culture Ans✓✓✓Shows what a society believes and values.
Cultural symbols control Ans✓✓✓Who controls cultural symbols (like
media or religion) also controls power.
Religion in Pop Culture Ans✓✓✓Religious imagery and stories appear
within popular media.
Examples of Religion in Pop Culture Ans✓✓✓Ayahuasca, Yoga,
Sinners, Burning Man.
Pop Culture in Religion Ans✓✓✓Religion uses popular culture to
spread its message.
, Examples of Pop Culture in Religion Ans✓✓✓Secret Wives, Tradwives.
Pop Culture as Religion Ans✓✓✓Pop culture becomes the religion.
Spiritual Marketplace Ans✓✓✓A concept where spirituality is
commodified and marketed.
Wellness Industry Ans✓✓✓The global market built around self-care,
mindfulness, and spiritual well-being.
Capitalism Ans✓✓✓An economic system where profit drives
production and consumption.
Colonization Ans✓✓✓The historical domination of Indigenous peoples
through economic and cultural control.
Marxism Ans✓✓✓Focus on economics and class struggle; religion is
'The opiate of the masses.'
Neo-Marxism Ans✓✓✓Focuses on who controls ideas, not just who
owns money.