Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

". . . one of those rare edited volumes that advances social thought as it provides substantive religious and media ethnography that is good to think with." -Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film these movements address multiple publics and offer alternative forms of belonging, often in competition with the postcolonial nation-state. How have new practices of religious mediation transformed the public sphere? How has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences and notions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a blurring of the boundaries between religion and entertainment? The vivid essays in this interdisciplinary volume combine rich empirical detail with theoretical reflection, offering new perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions.

• Reihe: Indiana University Press (IPS)
• ISBN: 9780253217974
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.12.2005
• Größe: 234 x 156 mm
• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Herausgegeben von: Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors