Mediating Religion Studies in Media, Religion, and Culture [Paperback]

This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way.Some of the topics covered include religion in the media age, popular broadcasting, communication theology, popular piety, film and religion, myth and ritual in cyberspace, music and religion, communication ethics, and the nature of truth in media saturated cultures.The result is not only a wide-ranging resource for scholars and students, but also a unique introduction to this increasingly important phenomenon of modern life.

Introduction
PART 1: POPULAR PIETY AND MEDIA
1. David Morgan: Visual Piety and the Aesthetics of Mass Culture
2. Erica Doss: Staging the Sacred, Mass Media Attention to the Visual and Material Culture of Grief and Mourning
3. Kelly Denton Borhaug: How Do Women Internalise Christian Atonement Symbols: Analysis of the 1996 Film 'Breaking the Waves'
4. Ted Harrison: The Role of the Media in the Development of Modern Folk-Faith and Popular Religious Movements
5. John Ferre: Religious Responses to the Death of Farley in 'For Better or for Worse'

PART 2: MEDIA, MEANING AND IDENTITY
1. Stewart Hoover: New Paper
2. Hamid Mowlana: Media, Islam and Culture - and a Short Response by Mona Siddiqui
3. Jim McDonnell: Desperately Seeking Credibility, English Catholics, the Media and the Church
4. Philip Rossi: The Levelling of Meaning, The Religious Challenge of the Culture of Unconcern
5. Lynn Schofield-Clark: 'If You Stay Away from Nintendo, You'll Read the Qur'an More', Religious Identities of 'Others' in the Context of a Christian

PART 3: MEDIA LITERACY, COMMUNITY AND YOUTH CULTURE
1. Daniel Stout: Mormons and Media Literacy, Exploring Audience Dynamics of Religious Media Education
2. Ailsa Tomkinson:l3(