Religion Across Television Genres

Joseph M. Valenzano III (PhD, Georgia State University) is Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Dayton.

Erika Engstrom (PhD, University of Florida) is Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Religion Across Television Genres: Community, Orange Is the New Black, The Walking Dead, and Supernatural connects communication theories to the religious content of TV programs across an array of platforms and content genres, specifically the NBC comedy Community, the critically acclaimed Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, AMC's international megahit The Walking Dead, and the CW's long-running fan favorite Supernatural. Its contemporary relevancy makes Religion Across Television Genres ideal for use as a library resource, scholarly reference, and textbook for both undergraduate and graduate courses in mass media, religious studies, and popular culture.

Acknowledgements - Introduction - The (Unseen) Order of the Study Group: NBC's Community and Religious Humor - Adherence and Adherents in Netflix's Orange Is the New Black - Redefining Religious Boundaries in AMC's The Walking Dead - Hunting Monsters, Finally Finding God in the CW's Supernatural - Conclusion - Index.