Religion and Hip Hop

<p><em>Religion and Hip Hop</em> brings together the category of religion Hip Hop cultural modalities and the demographic of youth. Bringing postmodern theory and critical approaches in the study of religion to bear on Hip Hop cultural practices this book examines how scholars in religious and theological studies have deployed and approached religion when analyzing Hip Hop data. Using existing empirical studies on youth and religion to the cultural criticism of the Humanities <em>Religion and Hip Hop</em> argues that common among existing scholarship is a thin interrogation of the category of religion. As such Miller calls for a redescription of religion in popular cultural analysis - a challenge she further explores and advances through various materialist engagements.</p><p>Going beyond the traditional and more common approach of analyzing rap lyrics from film dance to virtual reality <em>Religion and Hip Hop</em> takes a fresh approach to exploring the paranoid posture of the religious in popular cultural forms by going beyond what is religious about Hip Hop culture. Rather Miller explores what rhetorical uses of religion in Hip Hop culture accomplish for various and often competing social and cultural interests.</p>