The media and religious authority / edited by Stewart M. Hoover.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hoover, Stewart M., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media--Religious aspects.

Mass media.

Authority--Religious aspects.

Authority.

Physical Description:

viii, 296 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

University Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2016]

Summary:

"Explores how modern means of communication are changing religion, and how contemporary mediations of religion challenge and refine the aspirations and prospects of religious authority"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the media and religious authority / Stewart M. Hoover

Religious authority in the media age / Stewart M. Hoover

The media and religious authority from ancient to modern / Peter Horsfield

Media and (vicarious) religion : two levels of religious authority / Alf Linderman

Religious authority and social media branding in a culture of religious celebrification / Pauline Hope Cheong

Satellite publics : moral identity and new media in Moroccan Islam / Bahíyyah Maroon

Examining all the realms of nature : evidence, insight, and the quest for knowledge in modern Thailand / Emily Zeamer

Cyber memorial zones and shamanic inheritance in Korea / Joonseong Lee

Baadaass mamas : race, sex, and afro-religiosity in Sankofa / Montré Aza Missouri

Techno-vodou : transnational flows in the spiritual marketplace / Alexandra Boutros

Evangelical media for youth and religious authority in Brazil / Karina Kosicki Bellotti

The authority of the image : sex, religion, and the text/image conflict in Craig Thompson's Blankets / Christine Hoff Kraemer

Afterword : the media and religious authority / Lynn Schofield Clark.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780271073224

0271073225

OCLC:

940362425