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

Book Overview

Increasingly, the religious practices people engage in and the ways they talk about what is meaningful or sacred take place in the context of media culture--in the realm of the so-called secular.

Focusing on this intersection of the sacred and the secular, this volume gathers together the work of media experts, religious historians, sociologists of religion, and authorities on American studies and art history. Topics range from Islam on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231120893
• ISBN13: 9780231120890
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher