Practical spiritualities in a media age / edited by Curtis D. Coats and Monica M. Emerich.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Coats, Curtis, editor.

Emerich, Monica, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Religious aspects.

Mass media.

Mass media in religion.

Social media--Religious aspects.

Social media.

Physical Description:

xiii, 275 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2016.

Summary:

We live in a media age where technologies become the sites and sources of our practices and beliefs, including those deeper values that guide decisions about how we should live. Practical Spiritualities in a Media Age explores how and why media become the site and source of spiritual expressions that address the mundane or everydayness of our lives. Including international case studies and essays from leading scholars such as Stewart Hoover and Graham Harvey, the book examines the ways and the places in which people have employed media and information technologies to weave spiritual meaning throughout the demands and pastimes of their lives. Topics range from food and sex to spiritual tourism. In doing so, the volume takes up a call from Paul Heelas' seminal work, Spiritualities of Life, to provide more examples, more richness and more depth to the variety of spiritual practices that exist in late modernity. Providing critical, scholarly explorations of the complexities and contradictions of late-modern spiritual practices, Practical Spiritualities in a Media Age is a must-read for anyone working in the intersection of media, religion or spirituality, and culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction: The Webs We Spin-Relational, Mediated, Spiritual / Curtis D. Coats Coats, Curtis D., Monica M. Emerich Emerich, Monica M. 1

2 Mediated Babywearing as Aesthetic Orthodoxy / Florence Pasche Guignard Guignard, Florence Pasche 17

3 Spirituality at Work: Servant leadership in the Western Workplace / Ruth Ann Ritte Ritte, Ruth Ann, Jeffrey H. Mahan Mahan, Jeffrey H. 35

4 "Helping Glastonbury to Come into Its Own": Practical Spirituality, Materiality, and Community Cohesion in Glastonbury / Marion Bowman Bowman, Marion 51

5 Hula Hoop Spiritualities: Social Media, Embodied Experience, and Communities of Practice / Jenna Gray-Hildenbrand Gray-Hildenbrand, Jenna, Martha Smith Roberts Roberts, Martha Smith 67

6 "Another Way": Modernist Artists, Media, and the Desire for Spiritual Community / Jeremy Garber Garber, Jeremy 89

7 "Dancing Our Prayers": Material Culture and Practical Spiritualities of the Jam Band Scene / Lucas F. Johnston Johnston, Lucas F. 105

8 The Spirit of Place: Identity and Media in Relation to Cornwall / Garry Tregidga Tregidga, Garry 127

9 Spiritual Narratives and the Icarus Project: Disidentification and Rhetoric of Liberation / Liz Barr Barr, Liz 143

10 Strategic Confession: Pragmatic Religion and Spirituality in the PostSecret Community / Rachael Liberman Liberman, Rachael, Stewart M. Hoover Hoover, Stewart M. 157

11 A Constructed Category: Baby Boomers Navigating Aging through Spirituality and the Media / Anne Maija Huffman Huffman, Anne Maija 171

12 Food, Sex, and Spirituality / Graham Harvey Harvey, Graham 189.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781474223164

1474223168

OCLC:

927101150

Publisher Number:

60002058080