In The (Magic) Kingdom of God, Michael Budde offers a multidisciplinary analysis of the global culture industries increasingly powerful, centralized corporate conglomerates in television, advertising, marketing, movies, and the likeand their impact on Christian churches in industrialized countries. Utilizing ideas from contemporary and classical schools of political economy, the author explains why the study of global culture industries is essential for understanding the current era of global capitalism.In suggesting that the cultural ecology shaped by these industries undermines many...