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"Nas últimas décadas, a utilização das mídias por igrejas evangélicas brasileiras se intensificou com a disseminação das redes sociais na internet. Viu-se também uma ampliação do mercado de bens culturais religiosos, sobretudo na área da música. Se essas múltiplas mediações comunicac ... more
"Wie kam es zu dem ikonischen Überschuss des christlichen Heiligenbildes? Janine Luge-Winter geht dieser Frage nach, indem sie die verschiedenen Argumente byzantinischen Bildapologien des 8. und 9. Jahrhunderts und der modernen Ikonentheorien des 20. Jahrhunderts erstmals in ihrer Studie versammelt ... more
"The objective of the thesis is to define the communicative meaning of the Christian cross by dealing with three research issues. The first problem regards the historical aspects. In interdisciplinary ways the thesis will explore the different forms, locations and functions of Christian cross pictur ... more
"Les écrivains bibliques ont coutume de recourir au symbolisme pour assurer que la saisie de leur message soit facilitée. En se focalisant en particulier sur le quatrième évangile du Nouveau Testament, l'auteur lève le voile sur le caractère énigmatique de la christologie johannique qui paraà ... more
"The Bloomsbury Handbook of Religion and Popular Music is the first comprehensive analysis of the most important themes and concepts in this field. Drawing on contemporary research from religious studies, theology, sociology, ethnography, and cultural studies, the volume comprises thirty-one specifi ... more
"This book explores historical and cultural aspects of modern and contemporary Bengal through the performance-centred study of a particular repertoire: the songs of the saint-composer Bhaba Pagla (1902-1984), who is particularly revered among Baul and Fakir singers. The author shows how songs, if ex ... more
"A partir das influências do processo de globalização percebe-se o surgimento de novas formas de produzir música e expressar a fé através delas. O público cristão, nesse sentido, torna-se um nicho comercial promissor dentro desse mercado, na medida em que, gradativamente, a música católica ... more
"O presente trabalho trata das relações estabelecidas entre música, comunicação e Igreja Católica. A partir de uma análise acerca das estratégias de apropriação da lógica de mercado atual, aliadas ao uso sistemático e interligado dos meios de comunicação de massa, procura-se perceber a ... more
"This article describes and analyzes a little understood Afghan Taliban propaganda tool: chants or taranas. These melodic refrains effectively use historical narratives, symbology, and iconic portraits. The chants are engendered in emotions of sorrow, pride, desperation, hope, and complaints to mobi ... more
"Warum sind Kirchtürme oft achteckig? Kirchenarchitektur, Ikonographien oder Mosaiken haben eine eigene Bedeutung. Dieses große Lexikon erklärt umfassend die Symbolsprache der Kirche, die sich in der Gestaltung von Kanzeln, Taufbecken, Altären und anderer Einrichtung ausdrückt." (Verlagbeschrei ... more
"Drawing a comparison between religion and cinema-going, this text examines a range of contemporary films in relation to key theological concepts. Cinema as a religion-like activity is explored through cognitive, affective, aesthetic and ethical levels, identifying the religious aspects in the socia ... more
"Investigating a vibrant audio-recording industry in southern Yemen, The Moral Resonance of Arab Media shows how new forms of political activism emerge through sensory engagements with Arabic poetry and song. From the 1940s onward, a new cadre of political activists has used audio-recording technolo ... more
"This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted from their traditional forms and contexts, many religious symbols, beliefs, and practices are increasingly refracted through such media as god posters, ... more