Book Review: Sacred Matters: Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, The Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States, by Gary Laderman. The New Press, 2009. 224pp., pb. $17.95. ISBN-13: 9781595584847.

Authors

  • Lynn E. McCutcheon

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v14i4.489

Keywords:

sacred, celebrity worship, religious life

References

Ashe, D. D., J. Maltby and L.E. McCutcheon. 2005. “Are Celebrity-worshippers More Prone to Narcissism? A Brief Report.” North American Journal of Psychology 7: 239–246.

Maltby, J., D. C. Giles, L. Barber and L.E. McCutcheon. 2005. “Intense-personal celebrity worship and body image: evidence of a link among female adolescents.” British Journal of Health Psychology 10: 17–32.

McCutcheon, L.E., J. Maltby, J. Houran and D.D. Ashe. 2004. Celebrity Worshippers: inside the minds of stargazers. Baltimore, MD: Publish America.

———, V.B. Scott Jr., M.S. Aruguete and J. Parker. 2006. “Exploring the Link between Attachment and the Inclination to Obsess about or Stalk Celebrities.” North American Journal of Psychology 8: 289–300.

Sheridan, L., A. North, J. Maltby and R. Gillett. 2007. “Celebrity Worship, Addiction, and Criminality.” Psychology, Crime, & Law 13: 559–571.

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Published

2011-12-29

Issue

Vol. 14 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

McCutcheon, L. E. (2011). Book Review: Sacred Matters: Celebrity Worship, Sexual Ecstasies, The Living Dead, and Other Signs of Religious Life in the United States, by Gary Laderman. The New Press, 2009. 224pp., pb. $17.95. ISBN-13: 9781595584847. Implicit Religion, 14(4), 489-492. https://doi.org/10.1558/imre.v14i4.489