Handbook of Religion and Communication

Provides a contemporary view of the intertwined relationship of communication and religion
 
The Handbook of Religion and Communication presents a detailed investigation of the complex interaction between media and religion, offering diverse perspectives on how both traditional and new media sources continue to impact religious belief and practice across multiple faiths around the globe. Contributions from leading international scholars address key themes such as the changing role of religious authority in the digital age, the role of media in cultural shifts away from religious institutions, and the ways modern technologies have transformed how religion is communicated and portrayed.
 
Divided into five parts, the Handbook opens with a state-of-the-art overview of the subject's intellectual landscape, introducing the historical background, theoretical foundations, and major academic approaches to communication, media, and religion. Subsequent sections focus on institutional and functional perspectives, theological and cultural approaches, and new approaches in digital technologies. The essays provide insight into a wide range of topics, including religious use of media, religious identity, audience gratification, religious broadcasting, religious content in entertainment, films and religion, news reporting about religion, race and gender, the sex-religion matrix, religious crisis communication, public relations and advertising, televangelism, pastoral ministry, death and the media, online religion, future directions in religious communication, and more.
* Explores the increasing role of media in creating religious identity and communicating religious experience
* Discusses the development and evolution of the communication practices of various religious bodies
* Covers all major media sources including radio, television, film, press, digital online content, and social media platforms
* Presents key empirical research, real-world case studies, and illustrative examples throughout
* Encompasses a variety of perspectives, including individual and institutional actors, academic and theoretical areas, and different forms of communication media
* Explores media and religion in Judeo-Christian traditions, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, religions of Africa, Atheism, and others
 
The Handbook of Religion and Communication is an essential resource for scholars, academic researchers, practical theologians, seminarians, mass communication researchers, and undergraduate and graduate students taking courses on media and religion.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors ix
 
Introduction 1
 
Part I Theoretical Background 5
 
1 Academic Approaches to Communication, Media, and Religion 7
Lynn Schofield Clark and Heidi Ippolito
 
2 Communication, Media, and Religion Research: Theoretical Roots 23
Stephen Garner
 
3 Theology and Communication 39
Paul A. Soukup S.J.
 
4 Religious Traditions and Ethics in Communication 55
Robert S. Fortner
 
Part II Theological Perspectives 69
 
5 Christianity and the Mass Media 71
Mary Catherine Kennedy Copyrighted Material
 
6 Communication in Judaism and Islam 83
Yoel Cohen and Hadi Enayat
 
7 Religious Communication in Asia 99
Anthony Le Duc and Keval J. Kumar
 
8 African Religions and Communication 117
Joseph Muyangata and Mark Fackler
 
9 Atheism and the Media 131
Teemu Taira
 
Part III Religions as Actors 145
 
10 Religious Broadcasting: An Overview, 2000-2021 147
Jim McDonnell
 
11 Religious Personalities and Televangelism 165
Paul A. Soukup S.J.
 
12 Public Relations and Advertising 181
Carlo Nardella
 
13 "Survival and Salvation": Religious Situational Crisis Communication Strategies 197
Gregory P. Perreault, Mildred. F. Perreault, and Monica Crawford
 
14 Web Presence 213
Amanda Sturgill
 
Part IV Individual Religious Communication 229
 
15 Pastoral Ministry and Communication 231
Daniella Zsupan-Jerome
 
16 Piety, Religious Identity, and the Media 241
Damian Guzek and Piotr S. Bobkowski
 
17 Youth, Education, and Media 257
Mary E. Hess
 
Part V Media Institutions 271
 
18 Mediatization 273
Knut Lundby
 
19 Reporting Religion News 287
Yoel Cohen
 
20 Entertainment 301
Allan Novaes
 
21 Religion and Film 315
Joel Mayward
 
22 Documentary Film and Religious Faith in Historical Perspective 337
John P. Ferré
 
Part VI Functional Perspectives 351
 
23 The Role of Media in Creating Communities of Religious Belief and Identity 353
Myna German
 
24 Religion and Meaning 365
Johannes Ehrat
 
25 Religious Rituals, Pilgrimages, Festivals, and Media: Exploring the Interface 383
Gnana Patrick
 
26 Death, Spirituality, and Digital Afterlife 399
Johanna Sumiala
 
Part VII Cultural Perspectives 415
 
27 Incipient Diversity: Gender and Race in Media and Religion Research 417
Chiung Hwang Chen
 
28 Material Religion 433
Felicia Katz-Harris
 
29 The Sex-Religion Matrix 453
Ruth Tsuria and Jason Bartashius
 
30 Authority, Religion, and Media 469
Míriam Díez Bosch and Alba Sabaté Gauxachs
 
31 Religion and Development Communication 487
Robert A. White
 
Part VIII Approaches in New Technologies 503
 
32 Internet, Mobile Technology, and Religion 505
Miriam Díez Bosch and Josep Lluís Micó
 
33 Online Religion 521
Rohit Chopra
 
Index 537

Über den Autor / die Autorin

YOEL COHEN is Professor Emeritus of Mass Communication, and former Chair of The School of Communication, at Ariel University, Israel. He is a chairperson of the Religion and Communication working group of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR). He is the author of God, Jews and the Media: Religion and Israel's Media; Media Diplomacy; and editor of Spiritual News: Reporting Religion Around the World.
PAUL A. SOUKUP, S.J., is Professor and past Head of the Department of Communication at Santa Clara University, where he teaches courses in technology, communication, and theology. He is the author of Communication and Theology a Christian Communication: A Bibliographical Survey Media; and The Media Ecology of Theology: Communicating Faith Throughout the Christian Tradition, and co-editor of Mass Media and the Moral Imagination and Fidelity and Translation: Communicating the Bible in New Media.

Bericht

"Overall, this new Handbook on Religion and Communication has excellently interwoven what it richly offers with what it promised to communicate and achieve. References are extensive, and the minimal overlaps in topics are explicable considering the depth of its content and scope. Akin to religion and communication, the handbook is certainly a mediated treasure." - Religion and Social Communication, Vol. 21, No. 1 (2023), Journal of the Asia Research Center for Religion and Social Communication
 
"...this book is a welcome addition to the study of religion and communication. Its chapters provide a useful entry point for those just beginning to explore this field of study, and, even for seasoned scholars, the book's discussion of multiple relevant theories, theological perspectives, and practical areas, provide a good primer for expanding their research into new areas." - Mass Communication and Society, Volume 26, Issue 4 (2023)
 
"...This handbook makes an important contribution by accounting for the diversities that exist in the encounter between religion and communications. This is its core strength." - Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture 12 (2023) 363-379
 
"The editors have put together a brilliant collection of thought-provoking, well-written essays which appear to be the first comprehensive global collection of its kind." - Communication Research Trends, Volume 42(2023) No. 4
 
"Overall, The Handbook on Religion and Communication provides an excellent entry point into a rich subfield that is accessible for scholars at all levels. The breadth and depth of its coverage, inclusion of diverse of religious groups and practices, and abundant references for further reading (and viewing) make this book a vital text in religion and communication scholarship." - Material Religion: The Journal of Objects, Art and Belief, (c) 2024 Kaitlyn Lindgren-Hansen

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Yoel Cohen, Yoel (Ariel University Cohen, Paul Soukup
• Mitarbeit: A Soukup (Herausgeber), Yoel Cohen (Herausgeber), Cohen Yoel (Herausgeber), Paul A. Soukup (Herausgeber), Soukup Paul A. (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 20.03.2023
• EAN: 9781119671558
• ISBN: 978-1-119-67155-8
• Seiten: 576
• Serien: Global Media and Communication Handbook Series (IAMCR); Global Handbooks in Media and Communication Research
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Soziologie, Kommunikationswissenschaft, Religion, Sociology of Religion, Sociology, Religionssoziologie, kommunikationswissenschaften, Communication Studies, Communication & Media Studies, Kommunikation u. Medienforschung, Religion & Theology, Religion u. Theologie, Moderne Religiosität, Contemporary Religious Thought