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Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture
Hoover
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Description for Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture
Paperback. Focusing on the crossover between the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history. Topics range from Islam on the Internet to the quasi-religious practices of Elvis fans. Editor(s): Hoover, Stewart M.; Clark, Lynn Schofield. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: HRA; HRLK; HRQA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
Increasingly, the religious practices people engage in and the ways they talk about what is meaningful or sacred take place in the context of media culture-in the realm of the so-called secular. Focusing on this intersection of the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers together the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history. Topics range from Islam on the Internet to the quasi-religious practices of Elvis fans, from the uses of popular culture by the Salvation Army in its early years to the uses of interactive media technologies at ... Read more
Increasingly, the religious practices people engage in and the ways they talk about what is meaningful or sacred take place in the context of media culture-in the realm of the so-called secular. Focusing on this intersection of the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers together the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history. Topics range from Islam on the Internet to the quasi-religious practices of Elvis fans, from the uses of popular culture by the Salvation Army in its early years to the uses of interactive media technologies at ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
Weight
542g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231120890
SKU
V9780231120890
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About Hoover
Stewart M. Hoover is the author of Religion in the News: Faith and Journalism in American Public Discourse, among other books. He is professor of journalism and mass communication at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Lynn Schofield Clark is the author of From Angels to Aliens: Teens, the Media, and Beliefs in the Supernatural. She is assistant research professor ... Read more
Reviews for Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture
It is diffucult to imagine that Hoover and Clark's collection will not work to inspire and encourage further research...The book should have considerable value to students of this field.
Gustav Niebuhr Journal of the American Academy of Religion
Gustav Niebuhr Journal of the American Academy of Religion