{"id":3284,"date":"2009-12-21T13:34:40","date_gmt":"2009-12-21T13:34:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2009\/12\/the-decades-10-spiritual-pop-c.html"},"modified":"2009-12-21T13:34:40","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T13:34:40","slug":"the-decades-10-spiritual-pop-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2009\/12\/the-decades-10-spiritual-pop-c.html","title":{"rendered":"The Decade&#8217;s 10 Spiritual Pop Culture Trends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Napoleon Dynamite\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/import\/imgs\/napoldeondynamite.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"263\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span>Whether you&#8217;ve realized it or not, religion, faith, and spirituality have permeated American pop culture over the past decade.<br \/>\nIdol Chatter&#8217;s Ellen Leventry has created this wonderful gallery of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/2009\/12\/Pop-Culture-Trends.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">10 Biggest Spiritual Pop Culture Trends of the Decade<\/a>.  From Mormon domination in film (&#8220;Napoleon Dynamite,&#8221; &#8220;Twilight,&#8221; etc) to chaste celebrities to the rise of the Kabbalah bracelet, take a moment to reminisce about the past 10 years in entertainment.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Entertainment\/2009\/12\/Pop-Culture-Trends.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the gallery of the Decade&#8217;s Spiritual Pop Culture Trends<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/movie\/napoleon-dynamite\" target=\"_top\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.locatetv.com\/movie\/napoleon-dynamite\/584x85_belief.gif\" alt=\"Napoleon Dynamite\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether you&#8217;ve realized it or not, religion, faith, and spirituality have permeated American pop culture over the past decade. Idol Chatter&#8217;s Ellen Leventry has created this wonderful gallery of the 10 Biggest Spiritual Pop Culture Trends of the Decade. 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