Religion, media and culture : a reader / / editors, Gordon Lynch and Jolyon Mitchell ; executive editor, Anna Strhan

• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 201.7; 201/.7
• Soggetto topico: Religion and culture; Mass media - Religious aspects
• Altri autori: LynchGordon <1968-> MitchellJolyon P StrhanAnna
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-278) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Religion, Media and Culture A Reader; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I Religion, spirituality and consumer culture; 1 Understanding Glastonbury as a site of consumption; 2 The economies of Charismatic Evangelical worship; 3 Mecca Cola and burqinis: Muslim consumption and religious identities; 4 The spirit of living slowly in the LOHAS marketplace; 5 Burn-a-lujah!: DIY spiritualities, Reverend Billy, and Burning Man; 6 Spirituality and the re-branding of religion; PART II Media and the transformation of religion; 7 Religion, the media, and 9/11 ; 8 Why has religion gone public again?: Towards a theory of media and religious re-publicization9 The role of media in religious transnationalism; 10 Religion and authority in a remix culture: how a late night TV host became an authority on religion; 11 The Angel of Broadway: the transformative dynamics of religion, media, gender, and commodification; PART III The sacred senses; 12 Scrambling the sacred and the profane; 13 Material children: making God's presence real through Catholic boys and girls; 14 Religious sensations: media, aesthetics, and the study of contemporary religion ; 15 Finding Fabiola: visual piety in religious life16 Popular music, affective space and meaning; 17 Living relations with visual and material artifacts; PART IV Religion and the ethics of media and culture; 18 Unraveling the myth of the mediated center; 19 Remembering news about violence; 20 Religious literacy and public service broadcasting: introducing a research agenda; 21 Everyday faith in and beyond scandalized religion; 22 Public media and the sacred: a critical perspective; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This Reader brings together a selection of key writings to explore the relationship between religion, media and cultures of everyday life. It provides an overview of the main debates and developments in this growing field, focusing on four major themes:Religion, spirituality and consumer cultureMedia and the transformation of religionThe sacred senses: visual, material and audio cultureReligion, and the ethics of media and culture.This collection is an invaluable resource for students,
• Titolo autorizzato: Religion, media and culture
• ISBN: 1-136-64959-X; 1-283-45999-X; 9786613459992; 1-136-64960-3; 0-203-80565-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790479403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II