New Media and the Mediatisation of Religion: An African Perspective
Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2018), xi, 173 pp.
ISBN 978-1-5275-0902-3 (hbk)
Introduction / Gabriel Faimai, William O. Lesitaokana, Camden Behrens, 1
1 New media and the socio-religious acceleration of prophetic activism in Botswana / Gabriel Faimau, 12
2 Interweaving cyber-sociality with religiosity in Zimbabwe / Langtone Maunganidze, 31
3 The online prophet: identity and authority of "the man of God" on Social Media / William O. Lesitaokana, 49
4 Mediatising religion in the age of social media / Patience Mathambo, 65
5 Christian identity in the context of new media technologies : ecclesiological reflections from an African perspective / Lovemore Togarasei, 81
6 'Facebooking' religion and the technologisation of the religious discourse / Gabriel Faimau, Camden Behrens, 95
7 "Type amen and share to receive an instant miracle": expanding the frontiers of religious satisfaction online in Africa / Motilola Akinfemisoye, 123
8 'Holy' symbols of violence: new media, religious rhetoric and gendered power relations in Malawi / Anthony M. Gunde, 140
9 'Mediatising' Islamic fundamentalism: insights from the Boko Haram insurgence in Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom, 157
1 New media and the socio-religious acceleration of prophetic activism in Botswana / Gabriel Faimau, 12
2 Interweaving cyber-sociality with religiosity in Zimbabwe / Langtone Maunganidze, 31
3 The online prophet: identity and authority of "the man of God" on Social Media / William O. Lesitaokana, 49
4 Mediatising religion in the age of social media / Patience Mathambo, 65
5 Christian identity in the context of new media technologies : ecclesiological reflections from an African perspective / Lovemore Togarasei, 81
6 'Facebooking' religion and the technologisation of the religious discourse / Gabriel Faimau, Camden Behrens, 95
7 "Type amen and share to receive an instant miracle": expanding the frontiers of religious satisfaction online in Africa / Motilola Akinfemisoye, 123
8 'Holy' symbols of violence: new media, religious rhetoric and gendered power relations in Malawi / Anthony M. Gunde, 140
9 'Mediatising' Islamic fundamentalism: insights from the Boko Haram insurgence in Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom, 157
