Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture [Paperback]

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.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
Introduction - Stewart M Hoover and Knut Lundby
Setting the Agenda
At the Intersection of Media, Culture, and Religion - Lynn Schofield Clark and Stewart M Hoover
A Bibliographical Essay
Religion and Media in the Construction of Cultures - Robert A White
Technology and Triadic Theories of Mediation - Clifford G Christians
PART TWO: MEDIA, RELIGION, AND CULTURE: CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
The Re-Enchantment of the World - Graham Murdock
Religion and the Transformations of Modernity
Mass Media as a Site of Resacralization of Contemporary Cultures - Jesús Martín-Barbero
Escape from Time - Gregor Gl3X