Media, religion, and culture : an introduction

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Author:

Mahan, Jeffrey H.

ISBN:

9780415683180

9780415683203

9781315777061

Personal Author:

Mahan, Jeffrey H.

Physical Description:

xvii, 159 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Contents:

Religious identity in media cultures. Relating media, religion, and culture -- making and articulating religious identity -- Believing and practicing in a digital world -- Religion in the midst of change. Old and new media -- Stability and change -- Organized religion in the age of digital media -- Ethics and esthetic's. To censor, shape, or engage with media and the arts? -- Reading, listening, watching -- case studies

Subject Term:

Mass media in religion.

Mass media -- Religious aspects.

Religion and culture.

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Summary

Religion has always been shaped by the media of its time, and today we live in a media culture that informs much of what we think and how we behave. Religious believers, communities and institutions use media as tools to communicate, but also as locations where they construct and express identity, practice religion, and build community.

This lively book offers a comprehensive introduction to the contemporary field of religion, media, and culture. It explores:

the religious content of media texts and the reception of those texts by religious consumers who appropriate and reuse them in their own religious work; how new forms of media provide fresh locations within which new religious voices emerge, people reimagine the "task" of religion, and develop and perform religious identity.

Jeffrey H. Mahan includes case study examples from both established and new religions and each chapter is followed by insightful reflections from leading scholars in the field. Illustrated throughout, the book also contains a glossary of key terms, discussion questions, and suggestions for further reading.