{"product_id":"9780253111722","title":"Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"... one of those rare edited volumes that advances social thought\u003cbr\u003e as it provides substantive religious and media ethnography that is good to think\u003cbr\u003e with.\" -- Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly,\u003cbr\u003e Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the\u003cbr\u003e world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic.\u003cbr\u003e Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows,\u003cbr\u003e soap operas, and documentary film these movements address multiple publics and offer\u003cbr\u003e alternative forms of belonging, often in competition with the postcolonial\u003cbr\u003e nation-state. How have new practices of religious mediation transformed the public\u003cbr\u003e sphere? How has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences and\u003cbr\u003e notions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a blurring of the\u003cbr\u003e boundaries between religion and entertainment? The vivid essays in this\u003cbr\u003e interdisciplinary volume combine rich empirical detail with theoretical reflection,\u003cbr\u003e offering new perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067816493296,"sku":"9780253111722","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253111722_p0.jpg?v=1763681293","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253111722","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}