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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459075103321

Titolo

Mediating faiths [[electronic resource] ] : religion and socio-cultural change in the twenty-first century / / edited by Michael Bailey and Guy Redden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2010

ISBN

1-317-09856-0

1-317-09855-2

1-282-90707-7

9786612907074

0-7546-9381-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (256 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BaileyMichael

ReddenGuy

Disciplina

306.601

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Twenty-first century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Notes on Contributors; Permission and Acknowledgements; 1 Editors' Introduction: Religion as Living Culture; Part I New Media Religion; 2 Transformations in British Religious Broadcasting; 3 Alternative Islamic Voices on the Internet; 4 Mediatizing Faith: Digital Storytelling on the Unspoken; 5 Haredim and the Internet: A Hate-Love Affair; Part II Consumption and Lifestyle; 6 Fixing the Self: Alternative Therapies and Spiritual Logics; 7 Religious Media Events and Branding Religion; 8 The After-Life of Born-Again Beauty Queens

9 How Congregations are Becoming Customers10 US Evangelicals and the Redefinition of Worship Music; Part III Youth; 11 The Making of Muslim Youth Cultures in Europe; 12 Religious Experience of a Young Megachurch Congregation in Singapore; Part IV Politics and Community; 13 Recent Literary Representations of British Muslims; 14 Destiny, the Exclusive Brethren and Mediated Politics in New Zealand; 15 Social Security with a Christian Twist in John Howard's Australia; 16



Mediated Spaces of Religious Community in Manila, Philippines; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Mediating Faiths brings together scholars working across a range of fields, including cultural studies, media, sociology, anthropology, cultural theory and religious studies, in order to illustrate how religion continues to be responsive to the very latest social and cultural developments in the environments in which it exists. They raise fundamental questions concerning new media and religious expression, religious youth cultures, the links between spirituality, personal development and consumer culture, and contemporary intersections of religion, identity and politics. Together the chapters

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791446703321

Autore

Ewumbue-Monono Churchill <1961->

Titolo

Youth and nation-building in Cameroon [[electronic resource] ] : a study of National Youth Day messages and leadership discourse (1949-2009) / / by Churchill Ewumbue-Monono

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research and Pub. CIG, c2009

ISBN

1-283-19865-7

9956-717-40-1

9786613198655

9956-717-52-5

9956-615-22-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (212 p.)

Disciplina

305.23096711

Soggetti

Youth - Political activity - Cameroon

Cameroon Politics and government To 1960

Cameroon Politics and government 1960-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; African Youth Charter Anthem; Preface; Prologue; Part One - The International and National Policy Framework for Youth Governance; 1. The Global Concern for Youth Governance and the Youth Day; 1.1. The Youth Day as a Policy



Advocacy Tool; 2. Youth Policy and the Youth Day in Cameroon: 1949-2009; 2.1: The Colonial Period: 1960-1960; 2.2: The Federation Period: 1961-1972; 2.3: The Ahidjo Unitary State Period: 1972-1982; 2.4: The One-Party Democracy New Deal Period: 1982-1992; 2.5: Youth Governance and the New Democratic Order (1992-2009)

2.6: The National Youth Day and Policy Articulation in Cameroon2.7: Youth Day Themes and Leadership Ideology; 2.8: Influences on Choice of Youth Day Themes; Part Two - Youth Day Messages and Leadership Discourse: 1949-2009; 3. The Empire Day and Commonwealth Youth Day Messages: 1949-1961; 3.1: Commissioner's Address to the Youth on Empire Day, 1949; 3.2: Address to the Youths by Commissioner of the Cameroons on Empire Day, Buea, 1951; 3.3: Address by the Acting Commissioner of the Cameroons, Mr. J.S Dudding, on the Occasion of the First Commonwealth Youth Day, Buea, 2 June 1957

4. The West Cameroon Youth Day Messages: 1964-19664.1: Address by the Prime Minister for West Cameroon, Hon. J.N Foncha, on the Inauguration of Youth Day in West Cameroon, Buea, 11 February, 1964; 4.2: Addressed by the President of the Republic to the Youths of West Cameroon on the Occasion of the Youth Day Inaugural Celebration, Yaounde, 11 February 1964; 4.3: Address by the Prime Minister of West Cameroon, Hon. J.N Foncha on the Occasion of the Youth Day in West Cameroon, Buea, 11 February, 1965

4.4: Address by the Prime Minister of West Cameroon, Hon. A.N Jua on the Occasion of the 1st National Youth Day, Buea, 11 February 19664.5: Address by the Prime Minister of West Cameroon, Hon. A.N Jua on the Occasion of 1st National Youth Day, Buea, 11 February 1967; 4.6: Address by the President of the Republic, Ahmadou Ahidjo on the Occasion of the 1st National Youth Day, Buea, 11 February 1967; 5. President Ahidjo's National Youth Day Messages: 1968-1982

5.1: Address by President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 3rd National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 19685.2: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 4th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1969; 5.3: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 5th Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1970; 5.4: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 6th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1971

5.5: Address by the President of the Republic to the Youths of Cameroon on the Occasion of the 6th National Youth Day, Yaounde, 10 February 1972

Sommario/riassunto

This meticulous and comprehensive documentation of Cameroonian Youth Day Messages and leadership discourse on youth from 1949 - 2009 is a gold mine for researchers, historians and anyone interested in studying youth, politics and society in Africa. The book presents and explores themes and content of Youth Day Messages: how these messages tied in with, or veered away from, key events and issues of the time; how they served as a platform for West Cameroon governments, and the Ahidjo and Biya regimes to articulate their political vision, justify their policies, sell their respective ideologies t