"... one of those rare edited volumes that advances social thought                  as it provides substantive religious and media ethnography that is good to think                  with." -- Dale Eickelman, Dartmouth CollegeIncreasingly,                  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.

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