LEADER 03087nam 2200613 450 001 9910782446103321 005 20230721003754.0 010 $a93-5280-486-4 010 $a1-281-96375-5 010 $a9786611963750 010 $a81-321-0040-9 035 $a(CKB)1000000000578080 035 $a(EBL)409066 035 $a(OCoLC)476231065 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000310540 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12089482 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000310540 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10289696 035 $a(PQKB)11532375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC409066 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5450514 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000578080 100 $a20180802d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aStrong religion, zealous media $eChristian fundamentalism and communication in India /$fPradip Ninan Thomas 210 1$aLos Angeles :$cSage,$d2008. 215 $a1 online resource (225 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a81-7829-834-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- 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. 330 $aStrong 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 churches use the media. Arguing that Christian. broadcasting needs to be seen as an essential aspect of a `muscular` Christianity. that has increasingly colonised globalising cities such as Chennai, the book concludes. with a strong validation of multi-religious India and the need for a robust inter-faith. media response to combat 606 $aFundamentalism$zIndia 606 $aMass media in religion$zIndia 606 $aCommunication$zIndia 606 $aMass media$zIndia 615 0$aFundamentalism 615 0$aMass media in religion 615 0$aCommunication 615 0$aMass media 676 $a306.6/751083 676 $a306.6754083 700 $aThomas$b Pradip$01502351 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782446103321 996 $aStrong religion, zealous media$93730046 997 $aUNINA