Media And Religion

Author : Hent de Vries
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804734974
Total Pages : 676 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Media written by Hent de Vries and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 676 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Counter The twenty-five contributors to this volume - who include such influential thinkers as Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Talal Asad, and James Siegel - confront the conceptual, analytical, and empirical difficulties involved in addressing the complex relationship between religion and media. The book's introductory section offers a prolegomenon to the multiple problems raised by an interdisciplinary approach to these multifaceted phenomena. The essays in the following part provide exemplary approaches to the historical and systematic background to the study of religion and media. The third part presents case studies by anthropologists and scholars of comparative religion. The book concludes with two remarkable documents: a chapter from Theodor W. Adorno's study of the relationship between religion and media in the context of political agitation (The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas's Radio Addresses) and a section from Niklas Luhmann's monumental Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft (Society as a Social System).

Author : Stewart M. Hoover
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780231120890
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media written by Stewart M. Hoover and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the crossover between the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history.

Author : Stewart M. Hoover
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110496089
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media and Religion written by Stewart M. Hoover and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.

Author : Daniel A. Stout
Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Mass Media written by Daniel A. Stout and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996-03-21 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the first part, contributors set the framework by describing recent theoretical developments in the sociology of religion and communication theory. Part II provides an overview of certain religious beliefs; Part III looks at audience behavior; Part IV describes specific case studies (including one on rap music); and Part V looks at the changing information environment and the future.

Author : Heidi Campbell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113427212X
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book When Religion Meets New Media written by Heidi Campbell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-04-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lively book focuses on how different Jewish, Muslim, and Christian communities engage with new media. Rather than simply reject or accept new media, religious communities negotiate complex relationships with these technologies in light of their history and beliefs. Heidi Campbell suggests a method for studying these processes she calls the "religious-social shaping of technology" and students are asked to consider four key areas: religious tradition and history; contemporary community values and priorities; negotiation and innovating technology in light of the community; communal discourses applied to justify use. A wealth of examples such as the Christian e-vangelism movement, Modern Islamic discourses about computers and the rise of the Jewish kosher cell phone, demonstrate the dominant strategies which emerge for religious media users, as well as the unique motivations that guide specific groups.

Author : Stewart M. Hoover
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion in the Media Age written by Stewart M. Hoover and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2006-04-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, Hoover’s new book is a fascinating assessment of the state of modern religion. Recent years have produced a marked turn away from institutionalized religions towards more autonomous, individual forms of the search for spiritual meaning. Film, television, the music industry and the internet are central to this process, cutting through the monolithic assertions of world religions and giving access to more diverse and fragmented ideals. While the sheer volume and variety of information travelling through global media changes modes of religious thought and commitment, the human desire for spirituality also invigorates popular culture itself, recreating commodities – film blockbusters, world sport and popular music – as contexts for religious meanings. Drawing on research into household media consumption, Hoover charts the way in which media and religion intermingle and collide in the cultural experience of media audiences. Religion in the Media Age is essential reading for everyone interested in how today mass media relates to contemporary religious and spiritual life.

Author : Anthony Hatcher
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 1498514456
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Religion and Media in America written by Anthony Hatcher and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-05-25 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering topics ranging from the Moral Monday movement to Christian films and performers, Religion and Media in America is a qualitative study of the ways in which religion has been woven into American popular and civic culture. This book explores how Christianity both adapts to and is affected by new media forms. Its six chapters address religious activism; government imposition of religiosity into secular culture; religious entertainment; Bible translations marketed as consumer goods; and how religious satire comes from both religious and secular sources. Recommended for scholars and students interested in media studies, film studies, religion, communication, American history, American studies, political science, and popular culture.

Author : Mia Lövheim
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134074832
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media, Religion and Gender written by Mia Lövheim and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Media, Religion and Gender presents a selection of eminent current scholarship that explores the role gender plays when religion, media use and values in contemporary society interact. The book: surveys the development of research on media, religion and culture through the lens of key theoretical and methodological issues and debates within gender studies. includes case studies drawn from a variety of countries and contexts to illustrate the range of issues, theoretical perspectives and empirical material involved in current work outlines new areas and reflects on challenges for the future. Students of media, religion and gender at advanced level will find this a valuable resource, as will scholars and researchers working in this important and growing field.

Author : Stewart M. Hoover
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110497875
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Media and Religion written by Stewart M. Hoover and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-07-05 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume considers the mediation of religion in the context of global relations of power, culture, and communication. It takes a nuanced, historical view of emergent religions and their mediation in various forms. The wide range of chapters provides valuable insight into particular contexts while also offering connections to other cases and contexts. Together, they form a snapshot of religious evolution in the media age.

Author : David Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134060653
Total Pages : 428 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Key Words in Religion, Media and Culture written by David Morgan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'From The Passion of the Christ to the presumed 'clash of civilizations', religion's role in culture is increasingly contested and mediated. Key Words in Religion, Media, and Culture is a welcome and interdisciplinary contribution that maps the territory for those who aim to make sense of it all. Highlighting the important concepts guiding state-of-the-art research into religion, media, and culture, this book is bound to become an important and frequently consulted resource among scholars both seasoned and new to the field.' –Lynn Schofield Clark 'David Morgan has assembled here a fine team of scholars to prove beyond a doubt that the intersections of religion, media, and culture constitute one of the most stimulating fields of inquiry around today...This highly useful and theoretically sophisticated text will likely assume 'ritual' status in this emergent field.' – Rosalind I. J. Hackett, University of Tennessee, US 'This volume is a major intervention in the literature on religion, media and culture. Drawing together leading international scholars, it offers a conceptual map of the field to which students, teachers and researchers will refer for many years to come. The publication of Key Words in Religion, Media and Culture is a significant moment in the formation of this area of study, and sets a standard for cross-disciplinary collaboration and theoretical and methodological sophistication for future work in this area to follow.' – Gordon Lynch, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK 'This book offers a range of refreshing essays on the relationships between media and religion. Its selected keywords open doors to understanding contemporary society. The cultural perspectives on mediation and religious practices give some illuminating and surprising analyses.' – Knut Lundby, University of Oslo, Norway