Religion, Media, and the Public Sphere
Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press (2006), 325 pp.
Contains illustrations, index
ISBN 0-253-21797-0 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 10-Religion-E 2006
"Increasingly, Pentecostal, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, and indigenous movements all over the world make use of a great variety of modern mass media, both print and electronic. Through religious booklets, radio broadcasts, cassette tapes, television talk-shows, soap operas, and documentary film these movements address multiple publics and offer alternative forms of belonging, often in competition with the postcolonial nation-state. How have new practices of religious mediation transformed the public sphere? How has the adoption of new media impinged on religious experiences and notions of religious authority? Has neo-liberalism engendered a blurring of the boundaries between religion and entertainment? The vivid essays in this interdisciplinary volume combine rich empirical detail with theoretical reflection, offering new perspectives on a variety of media, genres, and religions." (Publisher description)
Introduction / Birgit Meyer and Annelies Moors, 1
PART ONE: MEDIATED RELIGION AND ITS NEW PUBLICS
1. Cassette Ethics: Public Piety and Popular Media in Egypt / Charles Hirschkind, 29
2. Future in the Mirror: Media, Evangelicals, and Politics in Rio de Janeiro / Patricia Birman, 52
3. Communicating Authority, Consuming Tradition: Jewish Orthodox Outreach Literature and Its Reading Public / Jeremy Stolow, 73
4. Holy Pirates: Media, Ethnicity, and Religious Renewal in Israel / David Lehmann and Batia Siebzehner, 91
PART TWO: PUBLIC RELIGION AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE
5. Representing Family Law Debates in Palestine: Gender and the Politics of Presence / Annelies Moors, 115
6. Morality, Community, Publicness: Shifting Terms of Public Debate in Mali / Dorothea E. Schulz, 132
7. Media and Violence in an Age of Transparency: Journalistic Writing on War-Torn Maluku / Patricia Spyer, 152
8. Mediated Religion in South Africa: Balancing Airtime and Rights Claims / Rosalind I. J. Hackett, 166
9. Rethinking the “Voice Of God” in Indigenous Australia: Secrecy, Exposure, and the Efficacy of Media / Faye Ginsburg, 188
PART THREE: RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIONS AND/AS ENTERTAINMENT
10. Synchronizing Watches: The State, the Consumer, and Sacred Time in Ramadan Television / Walter Armbrust, 207
11. Becoming “Secular Muslims”: Yasar Nuri Öztürk as a Supersubject on Turkish Television / Ayse Öncü, 227
12. Gods in the Sacred Marketplace: Hindu Nationalism and the Return of the Aura in the Public Sphere / Sudeep Dasgupta, 251
13. The Saffron Screen? Hindu Nationalism and the Hindi Film / Rachel Dwyer, 273
14. Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Vision, and Video Technology in Ghana / Birgit Meyer, 290
PART ONE: MEDIATED RELIGION AND ITS NEW PUBLICS
1. Cassette Ethics: Public Piety and Popular Media in Egypt / Charles Hirschkind, 29
2. Future in the Mirror: Media, Evangelicals, and Politics in Rio de Janeiro / Patricia Birman, 52
3. Communicating Authority, Consuming Tradition: Jewish Orthodox Outreach Literature and Its Reading Public / Jeremy Stolow, 73
4. Holy Pirates: Media, Ethnicity, and Religious Renewal in Israel / David Lehmann and Batia Siebzehner, 91
PART TWO: PUBLIC RELIGION AND THE POLITICS OF DIFFERENCE
5. Representing Family Law Debates in Palestine: Gender and the Politics of Presence / Annelies Moors, 115
6. Morality, Community, Publicness: Shifting Terms of Public Debate in Mali / Dorothea E. Schulz, 132
7. Media and Violence in an Age of Transparency: Journalistic Writing on War-Torn Maluku / Patricia Spyer, 152
8. Mediated Religion in South Africa: Balancing Airtime and Rights Claims / Rosalind I. J. Hackett, 166
9. Rethinking the “Voice Of God” in Indigenous Australia: Secrecy, Exposure, and the Efficacy of Media / Faye Ginsburg, 188
PART THREE: RELIGIOUS REPRESENTATIONS AND/AS ENTERTAINMENT
10. Synchronizing Watches: The State, the Consumer, and Sacred Time in Ramadan Television / Walter Armbrust, 207
11. Becoming “Secular Muslims”: Yasar Nuri Öztürk as a Supersubject on Turkish Television / Ayse Öncü, 227
12. Gods in the Sacred Marketplace: Hindu Nationalism and the Return of the Aura in the Public Sphere / Sudeep Dasgupta, 251
13. The Saffron Screen? Hindu Nationalism and the Hindi Film / Rachel Dwyer, 273
14. Impossible Representations: Pentecostalism, Vision, and Video Technology in Ghana / Birgit Meyer, 290
