Re:God and Cultural Studies

This is an excellent question. I  have a number of students in my class 
who closely identify with various religious traditions and I am  
frustrated at how often they do not see their experiences given any 
visibility in the course material.

There are a couple of books that I found useful for my own reading.  
They deal with postmodernism, not cultural studies, but I think offer 
some interesting discussion of the role of spiritual 
traditions/religion in current cultural/philosophical  debates.

Stanley Grenz' "A Primer on Post Modernism" gives a very respectful 
account of postmodernism from a Christian perspective for Christians.  
It is somewhat simplified and does not go into detail  about the 
Christian  response to PM but I found it interesting.

David Loy's work on the relationship between Buddhism and Western 
Philosophy, particularly postmodernism, is particularly interesting. I 
especially like his book "A Buddhist history of the West : studies in 
lack" that turns the tables  and  provides an examination of western 
philosophical traditions, including modernism and post-modernism, from 
a Buddhist perspective.

I  am very interested in what others have to offer on this point.

Fred Fejes

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Fred Fejes PhD
Professor, Department of Communication
Director, University Scholars Program
240 GCS
Florida Atlantic University
777 Glades RD
Boca Raton FL 33431