Using historical trajectory and precedent, Colored Television: American Religion Gone Global anticipates a movement within mediated religious broadcasting.America, the once dominate force behind religion gone global, will not reign forever.
Madison Tarleton
Reading Religion
No other work in black religious studies so well documents the history of television media in black Christianity in the U.S. ... Read moreand how it manifests itself and morphs in a global context, in this case, the Caribbean.
Monica A. Coleman
Claremont School of Theology
Marla Frederick who teaches African American Studies at Harvard University has quickly emerged as one of the notable ethnographers in the United States. Her latest book Colored Television is a continuation of her excellent scholarship...[This book] offers a fresh and challenging articulation of the character of the global charismatic renewal of Christianity within the framework of cities, the socio-economic situation of poor urban residents, and urban spaces.
Nimi Wariboko
Pneuma
Frederick has identified an important topic in the global flows of black religion through the work of influential television broadcasters. Her book makes a significant contribution to our understanding of religion in the African diaspora, religion and the American media, and Pentecostalism.
Judith Weisenfeld
Princeton University
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