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Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture
Edited by:
- Stewart M. Hoover - University of Southern California College
- Knut Lundby - University of Oslo, Norway
February 1997 | 342 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
The growing connections between media, culture and religion are increasingly evident in contemporary society, but until now have rarely been theoretically linked.
The contributors to this volume effectively combine these areas into a coherent whole. The issues they examine include: the decline of religious institutions during the late twentieth century; the increasing autonomy and individualized practice of religion; and the surge of media and media-based icons that are often imbued with religious qualities, and the ensuing effect on cultural practices.
PART ONE: ANALYSIS OF MEDIA, RELIGION, AND CULTURE
Stewart M Hoover and Knut Lundby
Introduction
Lynn Schofield Clark and Stewart M Hoover
At the Intersection of Media, Culture, and Religion
Robert A White
Religion and Media in the Construction of Cultures
Clifford G Christians
Technology and Triadic Theories of Mediation
PART TWO: MEDIA, RELIGION, AND CULTURE: CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Graham Murdock
The Re-Enchantment of the World
Jesús Martín-Barbero
Mass Media as a Site of Resacralization of Contemporary Cultures
Gregor Goethals
Escape from Time
Gabriel Bar-Haim
The Dispersed Sacred
Knut Lundby
The Web of Collective Representations
PART THREE: MEDIA, RELIGION, AND CULTURE: CHANGING INSTITUTIONS
Peter G Horsfield
Changes in Religion in Periods of Media Converegnce
Chris Arthur
Media, Meaning and Method in Religious Studies
Bobby C Alexander
Televangelism
Keyan G Tomaselli and Arnold Shepperson
Resistance through Mediated Orality
PART FOUR: MEDIA, RELIGION, AND CULTURE: INDIVIDUAL PRACTICE
Janice A Peck
Psychologized Religion in a Mediated World
Claire Hoertz Badaracco
A Utopian on Main Street
Alf Linderman
Making Sense of Religion in Television
Stewart M Hoover
Media and the Construction of the Religious Public Sphere
Knut Lundby and Stewart M Hoover
Summary Remarks
