..". 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."
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