{"product_id":"religion-media-and-the-public-sphere","title":"Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere","description":"\u003cp\u003e\". . . one of those rare edited volumes that advances social thought as it provides substantive religious and media ethnography that is good to think with.\" -Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth College\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film these movements address multiple publics and offer alternative forms of belonging, often in competition with the postcolonial nation-state. How have new practices of religious mediation transformed the public sphere? How has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences and notions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a blurring of the boundaries between religion and entertainment? The vivid essays in this interdisciplinary volume combine rich empirical detail with theoretical reflection, offering new perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press (IPS)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52665755369839,"sku":"9780253217974","price":245.13,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0921\/9384\/9711\/files\/0253217970.jpg?v=1770911105","url":"https:\/\/internacional.umlivro.com.br\/products\/religion-media-and-the-public-sphere","provider":"UmLivro Internacional","version":"1.0","type":"link"}