Madonna's New Age End Time Satanism: A Revelation

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Merkl, Peter H. (2019). Encounters With The Contemporary Radical Right. Routledge. ISBN 978-0429719509. Partridge, Christopher; Moberg, Marcus (2017). The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1474237345. American singer-songwriter and actress Madonna has incorporated in her works abundant references of religious themes of different religions and spiritual practices, including Christianity (she was raised Catholic), Hinduism, Buddhism, Sufism, and Kabbalah. Several theologians, sociologists of religion and other scholars have reviewed her, while professor Arthur Asa Berger stated that she has raised many questions about religion. Due to her prominent use, an academic described her as "perhaps the first artist of our time to routinely and successfully employ images from many spiritual cultures and multiple religious traditions". Kitiarsa, Pattana (2007). Religious Commodifications in Asia: Marketing Gods. Routledge. ISBN 978-1134074457.

Shortly after her debut in the 1980s, various cultural analyses of her figure touched on Madonna's religious connotations. Various of them were categorized under her academic mini-subdiscipline, the Madonna studies, which flourished with other topics, according to observers such as Andi Zeisler, Douglas Kellner and Ricardo Baca. [2] [3] [4] Author and professor Thomas Ferraro notes this early stage, saying "Madonna's impact posed an expressly religious puzzle". [5] She also became a "favorite topic" for religious fundamentalists in her prime. [6] According to editors of Religion and Popular Culture (2016), her video " Like a Prayer" inspired "perhaps more than any other music video scholarly analysis of its religious meanings". [6] On the other hand, other religious studies scholars, like James R. Lewis, have explored Madonna's figure from perspectives that included astrology. [7] Whiteley, Sheila (2013). Too Much Too Young: Popular Music Age and Gender. Routledge. ISBN 978-1136502293. Landrum, Gene N. (1994). Profiles of Female Genius: Thirteen Creative Women who Changed the World. Prometheus Books. ISBN 0-87975-892-9. Madonna also became one of the Hollywood celebrities that attracted concerns from authors about her spiritual forays. For example, British commentator Melanie Phillips, said that Madonna, Cherie Blair and Princess Diana represent the rise of what Christopher Partridge has termed "occulture". [144] Robert Wuthnow, a studier of sociology of religion, described in Creative Spirituality: The Way of the Artist (2003): "At worst, artists' spirituality is reduced to the commercial exploits of pop-singer Madonna or the cultic followings of the Grateful". [145] In Mediating Faiths (2016), Joy Kooi-Chin Tong wrote that Madonna, Microsoft and McDonald's, represented a "fierce competition" for religious leaders in Singapore to retain their followers' loyalty. [146] Following the release of " Justify My Love", there was a report of graffiti in at least three synagogues and a high school in Ventura County, California, using the phrase "synagogue of Satan" (Revelations 2:9). [147] Israeli visits and role within Kabbalah studies [ edit ]Winston, Diane (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the American News Media. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195395068. Danesi, said that calling Madonna an "icon" was also a result of the irony of her name. [197] "Her face matches her name [...] she really look like a madonna", wrote the interviewer of arguably her first-ever press article (1978), from The Charlotte Observer. [204]

Besides her spiritual seeking, Madonna has made several statements about religion, and specific denominations. "So many critics seem to love to discuss Madonna's obsession with religion", wrote Fosca D'Acierno in The Italian American Heritage (1998). [41] In this regard, Anne-Marie Korte from Utrecht University, wrote that "religion plays a major role in Madonna's statements and provocations". [42] Author Donald C. Miller, said "she has made very strong verbal and nonverbal statements". [43] Madonna has declared she believes in Jesus Christ ( center), [44] while some Christian authors have noted she disagrees with religion organizations. MTV News Staff (January 6, 1997). "Madonna Doles Out Mothering Tips". MTV . Retrieved September 23, 2022.Walls, Jeannette (November 6, 2006). "Has Madonna become a Jew for Jesus?". Today . Retrieved March 4, 2023. Religious leaders slam Madonna stage crucifixion". The Globe and Mail. August 4, 2006 . Retrieved September 15, 2022. a b Ryan, Harriet; Christensen, Kim (October 18, 2011). "Celebrities gave Kabbalah Centre cachet, and spurred its growth". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved March 4, 2023.