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Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media
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Daniel A. Stout (ed.)

New York: Routledge (2006), xx, 467 pp.

"This volume breaks down disciplinary walls in numerous ways. First, it combines information about the intrapersonal, interpersonal, group, and societal levels of communication into a single resource. At the intrapersonal level, new issues are raised about communication between individuals and deity ... : Why is religious experience difficult to explain in rational terms? Why is silence more sacred than spoken prayer in some religious communities? What is the nature of “thought communication” in religious meditation? Why is the use of profanity justified in some religious circles? How does idolatry reinforce religious customs and values? Why was chanting one of the first forms of religious communication? Religious information is also exchanged between individuals at the level of interpersonal communication. This volume identifies rituals that have not been adequately analyzed in terms of communication aspects: Why do some sects require public confession? Why is body decoration an acceptable form of worship in some religious groups, but not in others? How does dance communicate the sacred through metaphoric movement? What are the multiple forms of communication with the dead? Why are feasts a form of religious worship in all major religions? How does the study of organizational communication apply to religion? This volume also aids study of mediated communication to larger groups both inside and outside religious denominations. Throughout history, technology has simultaneously aided and impeded communication processes; this also applies to religious culture: How did religion change during the historical transition from orality to literacy? How did printing contribute to the diffusion of religious values in the world? Why have religious novels grown in popularity? Is television considered a religious medium? How has the Internet affected religious congregations and communities? What is religious media literacy? These are only a few of the questions addressed by this encyclopedia. Articles also deal with (1) concepts such as information, communication, and censorship, (2) denominations which exhibit different communication practices, and (3) the various media used in religious worship. Entries were contributed by scholars from various disciplines, including religious studies, communication, anthropology, sociology, ancient studies, religion and modern culture, theology, and many others." (Introduction, page xiii-xiv) more

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Religiosidade midiática: Uma nova agenda pública na construção de sentidos?

Attílio Hartmann

São Leopoldo: Instituto Humanitas Unisinos (IHU), Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (2004), 23 pp.

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Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Vision and Video Technology in Ghana

Birgit Meyer

Mainz: Universität Mainz, Institut für Ethnologie und Afrikastudien (2003), 22 pp.

"In this essay I have tried to show how, by taking as point of departure an understanding of religion as a practice of mediation, Pentecostalism has increasingly ‘taken place’, so to speak, in the public sphere as a result of Ghana’s turn to democracy and the liberalization and commercializati ... more

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Igreja Universal: Um império midiático

Alexandre Brasil Fonseca

In: Igreja Universal do Reino de Deus: os novos conquistadores da fé

Ari Pedro Oro; André Corten; Jean-Pierre Dozon (eds.)

São Paulo: Paulinas (2003), pp. 259-280

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Christianity and the Mass Media in America: Toward a Democratic Accommodation

Quentin J. Schultze

East Lansing: Michigan State University Press (2003), 440 pp.

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Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture

Stewart M. Hoover, Lynn Schofield Clark (eds.)

New York: Columbia University Press (2002), 386 pp.

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Domingão do Cristão: Estratégias de comunicação da Igreja Católica

Arlindo Pereira Dias

São Paulo: Editora Salesiana (2001), 199 pp.

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Teatro, templo y mercado: Comunicación y marketing de los nuevos pentecostales en América Latina

Leonildo Silveira Campos

Quito: Abya-Yala (2000), 427 pp.

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La industria de la salvación: Evangelismo y medios de comunicación en Bolivia

Rafael Antonio Loayza Bueno

La Paz: CaraspaS Editores (1999), 167 pp.

Cyber Church? Kirche im Internet

Wolfgang Nethöfel, Matthias Schnell (eds.)

Frankfurt am Main: Gemeinschaftswerk der Evangelischen Publizistik (GEP) (1998), 217 pp.

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Media, Culture, and the Religious Right

Linda Kintz, Julia Lesage (eds.)

Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press (1998), 380 pp.

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Rethinking Media, Religion, and Culture

Stewart M. Hoover, Knut Lundby (eds.)

Thousand Oaks; London; New Delhi: Sage (1997), x, 332 pp.

"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 r ... more

Televangelism and American Culture: The Business of Popular Religion

Quentin J. Schultze

Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker (1995), 264 pp.

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Die Religion der Massenmedien

Horst Albrecht

München: Kohlhammer (1993), 179 pp.

"[...] die Religion der Massenmedien ist ein gleicherweise komplexes wie diffuses Gebilde. Sie ist Welten entfernt von den klar geordneten Vorstellungen der monotheistischen Religionen. Sie ist eine Bilderreligion, auch da, wo sie mit bloßen Worten auskommen muss. Dem Bilderreichtum der Medienrelig ... more

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Televisión y religión: La formación de la fe, los valores y la cultura

William F. Fore

Bogotá: Consejo Episcopal Latinoamericano (CELAM) (1989), 305 pp.

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Jahrbuch Mission 1989: Kommunikation

Verband Evangelischer Missionskonferenzen

Hamburg: Missionshilfe Verlag (1989), 237 pp.

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Communicating Faith in a Technological Age

James McDonnell, Frances Trampiets (eds.)

Slough: St Paul Publications (1989), 175 pp.