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 culture Media and the transformation of religion The sacred senses: visual, material and audio culture Religion, and the ethics of media and culture.
This collection is an invaluable resource for students, academics and researchers wanting a deeper understanding of religion and contemporary culture.
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| Introduction |
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PART I Religion, spirituality and consumer culture |
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1 Understanding Glastonbury as a site of consumption |
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2 The economies of Charismatic Evangelical worship |
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3 Mecca Cola and burqinis: Muslim consumption and religious identities |
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4 The spirit of living slowly in the LOHAS marketplace |
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5 Burn-a-lujah!: DIY spiritualities, Reverend Billy, and Burning Man |
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6 Spirituality and the re-branding of religion |
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PART II Media and the transformation of religion |
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7 Religion, the media, and 9/11 |
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8 Why has religion gone public again?: Towards a theory of media and religious re-publicization |
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9 The role of media in religious transnationalism |
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10 Religion and authority in a remix culture: how a late night TV host became an authority on religion |
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11 The Angel of Broadway: the transformative dynamics of religion, media, gender, and commodification |
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PART III The sacred senses |
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12 Scrambling the sacred and the profane |
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13 Material children: making God's presence real through Catholic boys and girls |
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14 Religious sensations: media, aesthetics, and the study of contemporary religion |
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15 Finding Fabiola: visual piety in religious life |
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16 Popular music, affective space and meaning |
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17 Living relations with visual and material artifacts |
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PART IV Religion and the ethics of media and culture |
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18 Unraveling the myth of the mediated center |
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19 Remembering news about violence |
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20 Religious literacy and public service broadcasting: introducing a research agenda |
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21 Everyday faith in and beyond scandalized religion |
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22 Public media and the sacred: a critical perspective |
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| Bibliography |
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Gordon Lynch is Michael Ramsey Professor of Modern Theology at the University of Kent, UK. His publications include Understanding Theology and Popular Culture (2005) and Between Sacred and Profane: Researching Religion and Popular Culture (2007).
Jolyon Mitchell is Professor of Communications, Arts and Religion and Director of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at the University of Edinburgh, UK. His publications include Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture (2003), Media Violence and Christian Ethics and The Religion and Film Reader (2007).
Anna Strhan is a researcher based in the Department of Religious Studies, University of Kent, UK.
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