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Christian Media in Russia in the Age of “Networkization”
World of Media: Journal of Russian Media and Journalism Studies (2017), pp. 121-142
"This paper analyzes the subsystem of religious media in Russia, with a focus on Christian media and their place in Russia’s media system in the context of “networkization”. The dilemma faced by the Russian Orthodox Church in coming to terms with new digital communication technologies, and the
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De l’utilisation d’Internet en République démocratique du Congo: Un outil de mobilisation politique et religieuse
Émulations: Revue de Sciences Sociales, issue 24 (2017), pp. 105-123
"En République démocratique du Congo (RDC), le Web constitue, depuis le dernier mandat constitutionnel du président Joseph Kabila au pouvoir depuis 2001, un espace d’affrontements politiques par le biais des discours religieux, ou par leaders religieux interposés. Alors que le président Kabil
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Creating Church Online: Ritual, Community and New Media
New York: Routledge (2017), 264 pp.
"Creating Church Online constructs a rich ethnographic account of the diverse cultures of online churches, from virtual worlds to video streams. This book also outlines the history of online churchgoing, from its origins in the 1980s to the present day, and traces the major themes of academic and Ch
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A Digital Culture Ministry: A Case of the Korean Church
Religion and Social Communication, volume 14, issue 1 (2016), pp. 40-59
The Bible in Motion: A Handbook of the Bible and its Reception in Film
Berlin; Boston: De Gruyter (2016), xviii, 921 pp.
"This two-part volume contains a comprehensive collection of original studies by well-known scholars focusing on the Bible’s wide-ranging reception in world cinema. It is organized into sections examining the rich cinematic afterlives of selected characters from the Hebrew Bible and New Testament;
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Religiotainment: Eine konstruktivistische Grounded Theory christlicher Religion im fiktionalen Fernsehformat
Wiesbaden: Springer VS (2016), 372 pp.
"Kathrin Nieder-Steinheuer hat ein Modell entwickelt, mit dem sich die kommunikative Verfasstheit der Kategorie des Christlichen im Unterhaltungsformat analysieren lässt. Grundlegend dafür ist der in den untersuchten Formaten festgestellte Zusammenhang zwischen kirchlichen Räumen und geographisch
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Religious NGOs in International Relations: The Construction of "the Religious" and "the Secular"
London; New York: Routledge (2016), x, 217 pp.
"This book focuses on the construction of the human rights discourse inside two religiously affiliated organizations: The Commission of the Churches on International Affairs (CCIA) and Pax Romana (IMCS / ICMICA). These organizations have been formally accredited as NGOs by the UN, label themselves a
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Das Evangelium und die digitale Welt: Was wir aus der Geschichte für die Zukunft der Medien lernen können
Hannover: Lutherisches Verlagshaus (LVH) (2016), 160 pp.
"Das Evangelium als ein spezifischer Deutungszusammenhang hat zu allen Zeiten zur Kommunikation herausgefordert. Mit den jeweils neuesten Techniken und durch alle verfügbaren Kanäle wurde die Frohe Botschaft von der Liebe Gottes zu den Menschen in alle Welt gesendet. Matthias Gülzow stellt diachr
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The Bible revisited: Neue Zugänge im Film
Marburg: Schüren (2016), 352 pp.
"This case study investigates SAT-7 – a Christian independent satellite-TV network – in its context – the Middle East and North Africa – with a majority of Islamic inhabitants and traditions. It examines and describes what the actual implemented strategy is in order to do the daily work of S
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Missionsfilm
Westerkappeln (DE): DerWulff.de (2016), 15 pp.
"The aim of this article is to introduce and examine the work of Christian media, mainly the satellite television channels, in the Middle East. The reason for focussing only on the satellite channels is because the television channels are still the main players and have attracted more attention, esp
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New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2015), xii, 316 pp.
"New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such me
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From Jesus to the Internet: A History of Christianity and Media
New York: Wiley (2015), 336 pp.
"From Jesus to the Internet is the first systematic survey of the historical relationship between Christianity and media. Although many see the relationship between religion and media as a distinctly modern phenomenon, in this book the scholar Peter Horsfield examines Christianity through its histor
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Social Media Use in Religious Communication: The Christian Migrants of Kerala, India
Religion and Social Communication, volume 13, issue 1 (2015), pp. 65-81
"The paper focuses on the social media use in religious communication by Kerala Christians who largely migrated after India's independence to Ahmedabat, Gujarat, India. Further, the paper attempts to analyze the way digital and social media are accessed and utilized by the migrant Kerala Christians
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Why Does the Archbishop Not Tweet? How Social Media Challenge Church Authorities
Nordicom Review, volume 36, issue 1 (2015), pp. 109-123
"In summer 2012, the Archbishop of the Church of Sweden appeared on Twitter. There was only one problem – it was not the Archbishop himself who was tweeting, but an anonymous person. A discussion then ensued on Twitter and in the blogosphere between those in favor of the Archbishop and his departm
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Christentum und Islam in Deutschland: Grundlagen, Erfahrungen und Perspektiven des Zusammenlebens
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb), Sonderausg. (2015), 524 pp.
... und Gott chillte: Die Bibel in Kurznachrichten
Leipzig: edition chrismon, 3d. ed. (2015), 332 pp.
"Am siebten Tag war Gott fertig mit seinem Kreativ-Projekt, fand das Ergebnis genial und beschloss ab jetzt zu chillen. 1. Mose 2, 1–3 (louloujane). Gott ist der Oberchecker! Er ist voll korrekt, was er sagt, ist Ansage und er bleibt unser Big Daddy forever!!! Psalm 117, 1–2 (jess louise). Hätt
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Faith-Based Radio: Beyond Spirituality, Encompassing Development
African Journalism Studies, volume 36, issue 2 (2015), pp. 77-94
"This article aims to assess the activities of Kingfisher FM, a faith-based community radio station, and its contribution to development in Port Elizabeth and its environs. A qualitative data collection method, in the form of group interviews, was used to collect data. The analysis of data indicates
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Orthodoxes Fernsehen in Russland
Religion & Gesellschaft in Ost und West, issue 10 (2015), pp. 11-13
"Seit August 2015 ist der Fernsehsender Spas des Moskauer Patriarchats in fast allen Haushalten Russlands zu empfangen. Seine bewegte Vorgeschichte, Gerüchte über Verbindungen zu US-amerikanischen konservativen Kreisen sowie ein neues Nachrichtenprogramm legen enge Verbindungen mit dem "orthodoxen
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