Book Summary
..". one of those rare edited volumes that advances social thoughtas it provides substantive religious and media ethnography that is good to thinkwith." -- Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over theworld 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 offeralternative forms of belonging, often in competition with the postcolonialnation-state. How have new practices of religious mediation transformed the publicsphere? How has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences andnotions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a blurring of theboundaries between religion and entertainment? The vivid essays in thisinterdisciplinary volume combine rich empirical detail with theoretical reflection, offering new perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions.
Book Details
| Book Name | Religion, Media, And The Public Sphere |
| Author | Birgit Meyer, Annelies Moors |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press (Dec 2005) |
| ISBN | 9780253346537 |
| Pages | 325 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 3895 |
