Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media - Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture

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Summary

Focusing on the crossover between the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history. Topics range from Islam on the Internet to the quasi-religious practices of Elvis fans.

Product details

• Authors: Stewart Clark Hoover, Stewart M. Clark Hoover
• Assisted by: Lynn Schofield Clark (Editor), Clark Lynn Schofield (Editor), Stewart M. Hoover (Editor), Hoover Stewart M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.03.2002
• EAN: 9780231120890
• ISBN: 978-0-231-12089-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Society & culture: general, RELIGION / Comparative Religion, RELIGION / Faith, Religion: general, Spirituality and religious experience, Humanist and secular alternatives to religion