1st Edition

Key Words in Religion, Media and Culture

Edited By David Morgan Copyright 2008
256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

256 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

496 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

'From The Passion of the Christ to the presumed 'clash of civilizations', religion's role in culture is increasingly contested and mediated. Key Words in Religion, Media, and Culture is a welcome and interdisciplinary contribution that maps the territory for those who aim to make sense of it all. Highlighting the important concepts guiding state-of-the-art research into religion, media, and... Read more

Preface  List of Contributors  Introduction  1. Aesthetics  2. Audiences  3. Circulation  4. Community  5. Culture  6. Economy  7. Image  8. Media  9. Narrative  10. Practice  11. Public  12. Religion  13. Sound/scape  14. Technology  15. Text  Works Cited

Biography

David Morgan is Professor of Religion at Duke University. Author of several books, including Visual Piety (Routledge, 1998) and The Sacred Gaze (Routledge, 2005), Morgan is also co-founder and editor of the journal Material Religion and former chair of the International Study Commission on Media, Religion, and Culture. He co-edits the Religion, Media and Culture series for Routledge.