New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2015), xii, 316 pp.
Contains index
ISBN 9780253015242 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 100:10-Religion 2015
Introduction: New media and religious transformations in Africa / Rosalind I. J. Hackett and Benjamin F. Soares
I. "OLD" MEDIA: PRINT AND RADIO
A history of Sauti ya Mvita ("Voice of Mombasa"): radio, public culture, and Islam in coastal Kenya, 1947-1966 / James R. Brennan
Between standardization and pluralism: the Islamic printing market and its social spaces in Bamako, Mali / Francesco Zappa
Binary Islam: media and religious movements in Nigeria / Brian Larkin
Muslim community radio stations: constructing and shaping identities in a democratic South Africa / Muhammed Haron
II. NEW MEDIA AND MEDIA WORLDS
Mediating transcendence: popular film, visuality, and religious experience in West Africa / Johannes Merz
The heart of man: Pentecostalist emotive style in and beyond Kinshasa's media world / Katrien Pype
Islamic communication and mass media in Cameroon / Hamadou Adama
"We are on the Internet": contemporary Pentecostalism in Africa and the new culture of online religion / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Conveying Islam: Arab Islamic satellite channels as new players / Ehab Galal
Religious discourse in the new media: a case study of Pentecostal discourse communities of SMS users in south-western Nigeria / 'Rotimi Taiwo
III. ARENAS OF EXCHANGE, COMPETITION, AND CONFLICT
Media Afrikania: styles and strategies of representing "Afrikan traditional religion" in Ghana / Marleen de Witte
Enwele Jesu: gospel music and religious publics in Nigeria / Vicki L. Brennan
Managing miracles: ambiguities in the regulation of religious broadcasting in Nigeria / Asonzeh Ukah
Living across digital landscapes: Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and an Indian guru in Ethiopia / Samson A. Bezabeh
Zulu dreamscapes: senses, media, and authentication in contemporary neo-Shamanism / David Chidester
I. "OLD" MEDIA: PRINT AND RADIO
A history of Sauti ya Mvita ("Voice of Mombasa"): radio, public culture, and Islam in coastal Kenya, 1947-1966 / James R. Brennan
Between standardization and pluralism: the Islamic printing market and its social spaces in Bamako, Mali / Francesco Zappa
Binary Islam: media and religious movements in Nigeria / Brian Larkin
Muslim community radio stations: constructing and shaping identities in a democratic South Africa / Muhammed Haron
II. NEW MEDIA AND MEDIA WORLDS
Mediating transcendence: popular film, visuality, and religious experience in West Africa / Johannes Merz
The heart of man: Pentecostalist emotive style in and beyond Kinshasa's media world / Katrien Pype
Islamic communication and mass media in Cameroon / Hamadou Adama
"We are on the Internet": contemporary Pentecostalism in Africa and the new culture of online religion / J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
Conveying Islam: Arab Islamic satellite channels as new players / Ehab Galal
Religious discourse in the new media: a case study of Pentecostal discourse communities of SMS users in south-western Nigeria / 'Rotimi Taiwo
III. ARENAS OF EXCHANGE, COMPETITION, AND CONFLICT
Media Afrikania: styles and strategies of representing "Afrikan traditional religion" in Ghana / Marleen de Witte
Enwele Jesu: gospel music and religious publics in Nigeria / Vicki L. Brennan
Managing miracles: ambiguities in the regulation of religious broadcasting in Nigeria / Asonzeh Ukah
Living across digital landscapes: Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and an Indian guru in Ethiopia / Samson A. Bezabeh
Zulu dreamscapes: senses, media, and authentication in contemporary neo-Shamanism / David Chidester
