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UNINA9910782446103321 |
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Autore |
Thomas Pradip |
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Strong religion, zealous media : Christian fundamentalism and communication in India / / Pradip Ninan Thomas |
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Los Angeles : , : Sage, , 2008 |
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93-5280-486-4 |
1-281-96375-5 |
9786611963750 |
81-321-0040-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Fundamentalism - India |
Mass media in religion - India |
Communication - India |
Mass media - India |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Section I: Locating the study -- Christian fundamentalism and other fundamentalisms -- Christian fundamentalism and the media -- Christianity in India -- Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism : the global and the local -- Section II: Theory and concepts -- Bourdieu, Christianity, and mediated Christianity in India -- Section III: The cultural/media practices of Christian fundamentalism -- The changing nature of Christian broadcasting in India -- Cyber-contestations : Christian and Hindu fundamentalisms on the web -- Benny Hinn's festival of blessings : the analysis of a Christian crusade in India -- Section IV: Towards another religious communication -- Communication and the search for inter-subjective futures. |
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Strong Religion, Zealous Media: Christian Fundamentalism and Communication. in India is the first in-depth cultural and social analysis of the growth. of conservative forms of Christianity within the Protestant tradition in India. and the many ways in which these new |
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