Mediating Religion: Conversations in Media, Religion and Culture
London; New York: T&T Clark (2003), xv, 407 pp.
Contains illustrations, bibliogr. pp. 353-383, index
ISBN 9780567088079
Signature commbox: 10-Religion-E 2003
"This is the first book to bring together many aspects of the interplay between religion, media and culture from around the world in a single comprehensive study. Leading international scholars provide the most up-to-date findings in their fields, and in a readable and accessible way. Some of the topics covered include religion in the media age, popular broadcasting, communication theology, popular piety, film and religion, myth and ritual in cyberspace, music and religion, communication ethics, and the nature of truth in media saturated cultures." (Publisher description)
1 Introduction / Sophia Marriage andJolyon Mitchell, 1
PART 1: IDENTITY, MEDIA AND RELIGION
2 Religion, Media and Identity: Theory and Method in Audience Research on Religion and Media / Stewart M. Hoover, 9
3 The 'Funky' Side of Religion: An Ethnographic Study of Adolescent Religious Identity and the Media / Lynn Schofield Clark, 21
4 Desperately Seeking Credibility: English Catholics, the News Media and the Church / Jim McDonnell, 33
PART 2: CONFLICT, MEDIA AND RELIGION
5 Managing or Manipulating Religious Conflict in the Nigerian Media / Rosalind I. J. Hackett, 47
6 Representations of Islam in American News and Film: Becoming the 'Other' / Rubina Ramji, 65
7 Islam and the American News Media post September 11 / Mark Silk, 73
PART 3: POPULAR PIETY, MEDIA AND RELIGION
8 The Media of Popular Piety / John P. Ferré, 83
9 Unexplored Eloquencies: Music, Media, Religion and Culture / Jeremy Begbie, 93
10 Protestant Visual Piety and the Aesthetics of American Mass Culture / David Morgan, 107
11 Christ and the Media: Considerations on the Negotiation of Meaning in Religious Television / Myrna R. Grant, 121
PART 4: MEDIA LITERACY AND RELIGION
12 Practising Attention in Media Culture / Mary E. Hess, 133
13 Mormons and Media Literacy: Exploring the Dynamics of Religious Media Education / Daniel A. Stout and David W. Scott, 143
14 The Communication Formation of Church Leaders as a Holistic Concern / Franz-Josef Eilers, 159
PART 5: FILM AND RELIGION
15 Towards a New Religious Film Criticism: Using Film to Understand Religious Identity Rather than Locate Cinematic Analogue / Steve Nolan, 169
16 The Catholic Church and its Attitude to Film as an Arbiter of Cultural Meaning / Gaye Ortiz, 179
17 From Popular to Arthouse: An Analysis of Love and Nature as Religious Motifs in Recent Cinema / Jörg Herrmann, 189
18 Paradise Lost or Paradise Learned? Sin and Salvation in Pleasantville / Christopher Deacy, 201
PART 6: NEW MEDIA AND RELIGION
19 Approaches to Religious Research in Computer-Mediated Communication / Heidi Campbell, 213
20 Internet, Religion and the Attribution of Social Trust / Alf Einderman and Mia Lövheim, 221
21 The Decent Society and Cyberspace / Cees Hamelink, 241
22 Myth and Ritual in Cyberspace / Gregor Goethals, 257
23 Electronic Media and the Past-Future of Christianity / Peter Horsfield, 271
PART 7: MEDIA ETHICS AND RELIGION
24 The Emerging 'Communitarian' Ethics of Public Communication / Robert A. White, 285
25 Cross-Cultural Ethics and Truth / Clifford G. Christians, 293
26 Foundation of Communication in Islamic Societies / Hamid Mowlana, 305
21 Communitarian Media Theory with an African Flexion / Mark Fackler, 317
28 A Brief Look at the Ethics of Broadcasting / Richard Holloway, 329
CONCLUSION
29 Emerging Conversations in the Study of Media, Religion and Culture / Jolyon Mitchell, 337
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Media Ethics / Clifford G. Christians, 353
New Media and Religion / Heidi Campbell, 363
Film and Religion / Steve Nolan, 369
Communication Theology / Frances Forde Plud, 375
PART 1: IDENTITY, MEDIA AND RELIGION
2 Religion, Media and Identity: Theory and Method in Audience Research on Religion and Media / Stewart M. Hoover, 9
3 The 'Funky' Side of Religion: An Ethnographic Study of Adolescent Religious Identity and the Media / Lynn Schofield Clark, 21
4 Desperately Seeking Credibility: English Catholics, the News Media and the Church / Jim McDonnell, 33
PART 2: CONFLICT, MEDIA AND RELIGION
5 Managing or Manipulating Religious Conflict in the Nigerian Media / Rosalind I. J. Hackett, 47
6 Representations of Islam in American News and Film: Becoming the 'Other' / Rubina Ramji, 65
7 Islam and the American News Media post September 11 / Mark Silk, 73
PART 3: POPULAR PIETY, MEDIA AND RELIGION
8 The Media of Popular Piety / John P. Ferré, 83
9 Unexplored Eloquencies: Music, Media, Religion and Culture / Jeremy Begbie, 93
10 Protestant Visual Piety and the Aesthetics of American Mass Culture / David Morgan, 107
11 Christ and the Media: Considerations on the Negotiation of Meaning in Religious Television / Myrna R. Grant, 121
PART 4: MEDIA LITERACY AND RELIGION
12 Practising Attention in Media Culture / Mary E. Hess, 133
13 Mormons and Media Literacy: Exploring the Dynamics of Religious Media Education / Daniel A. Stout and David W. Scott, 143
14 The Communication Formation of Church Leaders as a Holistic Concern / Franz-Josef Eilers, 159
PART 5: FILM AND RELIGION
15 Towards a New Religious Film Criticism: Using Film to Understand Religious Identity Rather than Locate Cinematic Analogue / Steve Nolan, 169
16 The Catholic Church and its Attitude to Film as an Arbiter of Cultural Meaning / Gaye Ortiz, 179
17 From Popular to Arthouse: An Analysis of Love and Nature as Religious Motifs in Recent Cinema / Jörg Herrmann, 189
18 Paradise Lost or Paradise Learned? Sin and Salvation in Pleasantville / Christopher Deacy, 201
PART 6: NEW MEDIA AND RELIGION
19 Approaches to Religious Research in Computer-Mediated Communication / Heidi Campbell, 213
20 Internet, Religion and the Attribution of Social Trust / Alf Einderman and Mia Lövheim, 221
21 The Decent Society and Cyberspace / Cees Hamelink, 241
22 Myth and Ritual in Cyberspace / Gregor Goethals, 257
23 Electronic Media and the Past-Future of Christianity / Peter Horsfield, 271
PART 7: MEDIA ETHICS AND RELIGION
24 The Emerging 'Communitarian' Ethics of Public Communication / Robert A. White, 285
25 Cross-Cultural Ethics and Truth / Clifford G. Christians, 293
26 Foundation of Communication in Islamic Societies / Hamid Mowlana, 305
21 Communitarian Media Theory with an African Flexion / Mark Fackler, 317
28 A Brief Look at the Ethics of Broadcasting / Richard Holloway, 329
CONCLUSION
29 Emerging Conversations in the Study of Media, Religion and Culture / Jolyon Mitchell, 337
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHIES
Media Ethics / Clifford G. Christians, 353
New Media and Religion / Heidi Campbell, 363
Film and Religion / Steve Nolan, 369
Communication Theology / Frances Forde Plud, 375
