"Este artigo dedica-se ao fenômeno da ampliação da ocupação de espaço pelos evangélicos na política nacional, com ênfase no lugar das mídias nesse processo. Destina-se atenção a um fenômeno em particular: a emergência do ativismo político evangélico. O objetivo é demonstrar como a m
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idiatização das religiões, especificamente o processo que envolve a fé evangélica no Brasil, é potencializadora desse fenômeno, provocando o surgimento do ativismo político digital evangélico. O estudo é desenvolvido em perspectiva interdisciplinar com base em abordagens teóricas da comunicação (estudos sobre midiatização social) e das ciências da religião (evangélicos na política no Brasil) e em trabalhos da autora que relacionam mídia, religião e política. Resulta deste estudo a constatação de que o ativismo político digital evangélico emerge dos processos de midiatização vividos por esse segmento religioso no Brasil." (Resumo)
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"Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s).
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Bringing together experts from a wide range of disciplines, from psychology and philosophy to political science and the history of religions, the book sets the standard for the interdisciplinary study of religion and conspiracy theories." (Publisher description)
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"The television broadcasting culture of Pakistan was changed dramatically in 2002. The President, General Pervez Musharraf, introduced a policy of liberalisation that enabled controversial issues such as honour killings, adultery, stoning to death, domestic violence, marriage after divorce and homos
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exuality to be increasingly depicted on screen. Women and TV Culture in Pakistan is the first in-depth analysis of this change in television content. Munira Cheema focuses on how 'gender issues' are dealt with on TV and examines the impact this has on female viewers. In Pakistan, television is often the only way in which women can access the public sphere (except through male guardians) and this book evaluates how TV content allows them to navigate their intersecting identities as Muslims, women and Pakistanis. At a time when religious conservatism is on the rise in the country, this book investigates why producers choose to focus on gender-based issues and the extent to which religion dictates social behaviour and broadcasting choices. Based on interviews with women viewers in Karachi as well as industry professionals including writers, directors and ratings experts, the research is a much-needed and original contribution to global television studies and gender studies." (Publisher description)
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"Les résultats obtenus nous amènent à affirmer que la radio Ste Thérèse [une radio confessionnelle dans le diocèse de Sokodé dans la région centrale du Togo] a une influence sur ses auditeurs. Cette influence se situe sur les plans spirituels, humains et intellectuels. En effet, 92,8 % des e
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nquêtés sont d’avis que la radio Ste Thérèse contribue à l’épanouissement de leur foi. 90,8% des enquêtés sont d’accord que la radio Ste Thérèse participe à leur formation humaine et intellectuelle." (Conclusion génerale, page 67)
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"A atividade assistencial é a mais antiga e tradicional associada à religião como um todo e ao catolicismo em particular, enquanto a atividade televisiva é uma das mais novas e modernas. No Brasil, a maior emissora de TV católica é a Canção Nova, ao passo que a organização vinculada à igr
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eja que mais se dedica ao trabalho assistencial é a unidade nacional da Cáritas. Ambas têm grande abrangência no país, respaldo da Conferência Nacional de Bispos do Brasil (CNBB) e também significativa trajetória relacionada com a política secular. Enquanto a Canção Nova prossegue sendo bastante identificada com Renovação Carismática Católica, a Cáritas Brasileira se pauta em grande medida pela Teologia da libertação. Produzido a partir de trabalho de campo e consulta bibliográfica, o artigo avalia como essas duas importantes entidades católicas expressam atualmente a maleabilidade do catolicismo brasileiro em termos políticos e ideológicos." (Resumo)
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"Tout au long de l’analyse sou - tendue par la théorie des usages et gratifications, nous nous sommes rendus compte que le site présente bien des avantages, mais à des potentialités qu’il n’exploite pas et a donc encore du chemin à faire. Les Nouvelles Technologies de Communication et de
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l’Information offrent de nombreuses possibilités que le site doit exploiter. Le public est, aujourd’hui à la recherche du changement, de la nouveauté. Donc il doit mettre à profit toute cette richesse et améliorer sa qualité de production. En effet, nous avons mis l’accent sur le contenu qui est la clé du dynamisme et de la qualité d’un site. Les articles qui sont publiés, les thèmes développés sont intéressants, mais de nombreux aspects manquent pour les rendre plus intéressants encore. Au vue de tout cela, nous avons fait quelques suggestions pour une amélioration. En seulement une année d’expérience, l’on peut dire, au regard des résultats, que le site a atteint un niveau acceptable de notoriété et l’on espère que dans quelques années, il atteindra une notoriété planétaire et qu’il sera représenté dans tous les pays africains et comblera les besoins des visiteurs. Cela va donc sans dire que le besoin en informations en ligne est croissant. L’Eglise africaine doit se rendre compte de cette réalité et s’ouvrir à la nouveauté. Le temps n’est plus à l’hésitation encore moins au rejet de ces nouveaux moyens, mais à l’action. La Croix Africa fait ce qu’elle peut faire, mais ce n’est pas suffisant. Et, comme nous l’avons signalé dans la présentation du site, ce site est un site créé par le groupe Bayard qui n’est pas un groupe africain. Cela influence le choix et le traitement de l’information. Même si la création de sites demande de grands moyens, l’Eglise africaine ne doit pas se décourager devant ces difficultés." (Conclsuion, page 60-61)
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"Presentamos la evolución de la religión en Chile y en América Latina entre 1995 y 2017 con ocasión de la visita del Papa Francisco a Chile. Se observan grandes cambios en la cantidad de ciudadanos que declaran pertenecer a una religión u otra. En 2017 hay siete países de la región donde la r
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eligión católica no es dominante, en 2013 eran cuatro. Chile destaca por la fuerte caída del catolicismo y el fuerte aumento de los que no declaran tener ninguna religión, son agnósticos o ateos. Es un caso de secularización acelerada. El impacto del caso Karadima en Chile queda plasmado en la caída de los que se declaran católicos y la práctica religiosa. Al mismo tiempo se observa un repunte del catolicismo con la llegada del Papa Francisco en 2013. La pregunta que está en el aire es si acaso el liderazgo del Pontífice puede producir una recuperación del catolicismo en América Latina y en Chile." (Resumen ejecutivo)
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"Is there an inevitable global violent clash unfolding between the world's largest religions: Islam and Christianity? Do religions cause violent conflicts, or are there other factors at play? How can we make sense of increasing reports of violence between Christian and Muslim ethnic communities acro
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ss the world? By seeking to answer such questions about the relationship between religion and violence in today's world, Ziya Meral challenges popular theories and offers an alternative explanation, grounded on insights inferred from real cases of ethno-religious violence in Africa and the Middle East. The relationship between religion and violence runs deep and both are intrinsic to the human story. Violence leads to and shapes religion, while religion acts to enable violence as well as providing responses that contain and prevent it. However, with religious violence being one of the most serious challenges facing the modern world, Meral shows that we need to de-globalise our analysis and focus on individual conflicts, instead of attempting to provide single answers to complex questions." (Publisher description)
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"In the past two decades or so, Botswana has witnessed a spectacular growth of prophetic Christianity and experienced a media revolution through the emerging use of new media. While studies have generally focused on either the growth of Pentecostal Charismatic Christianity or the new media revolutio
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n, little attention has been paid to the characteristics of emerging prophetic ministries, entailing the appropriation of new media and how this has accelerated the development of religious practices in Botswana. In light of positioning and mediatisation theories, this paper examines the ways in which prophetic ministries position themselves and shape the religious landscape of Botswana and how prophetic ministries have adopted and appropriated the use of new media technologies. It argues that the synergy between prophetic ministries and technological developments of new media opens a new space for cultural production of religious practices and experiences as well as religious imagination, experience and identity." (Abstract)
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"The media's coverage of religion is an important question, given the central role which news media play in ensuring that people are up-to-date with religion news developments. The book examines it in different countries. After an introductory section looking at trends in religion news in print, on-
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line journalism, and as a subject of foreign news, the book surveys religion reporting in five key countries: USA, Russia, India, China, & Nigeria. The book then looks at media events through the cases of the election of Pope Francis, and the death of rabbis. The book addresses the question of the influence of religion reporting in politics; the impact of religion reporting upon religious identity; and the role of social media - through looking at case studies in France, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel." (Publisher description)
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"Conspiracy theories are a ubiquitous feature of our times. The Handbook of Conspiracy Theories and Contemporary Religion is the first reference work to offer a comprehensive, transnational overview of this phenomenon along with in-depth discussions of how conspiracy theories relate to religion(s).
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Bringing together experts from a wide range of disciplines, from psychology and philosophy to political science and the history of religions, the book sets the standard for the interdisciplinary study of religion and conspiracy theories." (Publisher description)
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"This edition updates and develops the concerns of the emerging field especially also in view of growing technical developments. The section on Evangelizing communication has been partly re-written to more clearly indicate the communication dimension of the field." (Preface)
"Christian media in a highly fragile region are faced with a number of challenges: the issues of security, trust and persecution have prevented them from develping more inclusive strategies, strengthening their relationship with their audience or conducting qualitative or quantitative audience resea
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rch. The problem of funds and the competitive fundraising market have resulted in low-quality, monotonous productions with limited diversity, and limited capacity to hire professionals in the filed, as well as compromised their vision and strategies. Therefore, the challenges they face have affected their working strategy, negatively impacted their performance and limited their responses to the needs of Christian communities and the wider societies in the region." (Conclusion)
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"In this sweeping and ambitious intellectual history, Daniel Veidlinger traces the affinity between Buddhist ideas and communications media back to the efflorescence of Buddhism in the Axial Age of the mid-first millennium BCE. He uses both communications theory and the idea of convergent evolution
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to show how Buddhism arose in the largely urban milieu of Axial Age northeastern India and spread rapidly along the transportation and trading nodes of the Silk Road, where it appealed to merchants and traders from a variety of backgrounds. Throughout, he compares early phases of Buddhism with contemporary developments in which rapid changes in patterns of social interaction were also experienced and brought about by large-scale urbanization and growth in communication and transportation. In both cases, such changes supported the expansive consciousness needed to allow Buddhism to germinate. Veidlinger argues that Buddhist ideas tend to fare well in certain media environments; through a careful analysis of communications used in these contexts, he finds persuasive parallels with modern advances in communications technology that amplify the conditions and effects found along ancient trade routes. From Indra’s Net to Internet incorporates historical research as well as data collected using computer-based analysis of user-generated web content to demonstrate that robust communication networks, which allow for relatively easy contact among a variety of people, support a de-centered understanding of the self, greater compassion for others, an appreciation of interdependence, a universal outlook, and a reduction in emphasis on the efficacy of ritual—all of which lie at the heart of the Buddha’s teachings." (Publisher description)
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"Krisenkommunikation gehört zum Proprium kirchlicher Kommunikationsarbeit. Durch verschiedene Krisen ist die katholische Kirche auf diesem Feld in den vergangenen Jahren herausgefordert worden. Aber es sind nicht nur die Krisen, aus denen gelernt wird, sondern auch aus einer präventiven Krisenkomm
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unikation: Bei Großereignissen wie Weltjugendtagen oder Katholikentagen gibt es ausgefeilte Krisenkommunikationskonzepte. Bei allen Krisen geht es stets um die Wiedergewinnung verloren gegangenen Vertrauens und eine erneuerte Glaubwürdigkeit. Krisenszenarien und Grundlagen zur kommunikativen Krisenbewältigung werden aufgezeigt. Jede Krise zeigt dabei, dass die Institution aus der Krise gestärkt hervorgehen kann." (Abstract)
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