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This paper provides three brief essays that cover a number of aspects on the relationship between religion and popular culture, including the commercialization of religion, the power relations affected by religious groups and beliefs, the identification of built spaces by particular religious groups, and how religious practices influence popular culture.

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"The presentation of religion by popular culture stemmed from the goal of religious leaders to ensure that popular culture meshed with religious culture. However, in their presentation of religion as popular culture, religious leaders were responsible for helping turn popular culture into a religion of its own. The growth of commerce and popular culture were infused with religion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Proclaiming business as the sanest religion, Purinton remarked that; "Any relationship that forces a man to..."

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