Media and Religious Authority

Stewart M. Hoover is Professor of Media Studies, Professor Adjoint of Religious Studies, and Founder and Director of the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture at the University of Colorado, Boulder. His most recent book is Religion in the Media Age.

• ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Media and Religious Authority Stewart M. HooverSection One: Re-thinking authority in an era of media and religious changeReligious Authority in the Media Age Stewart M. HooverThe Media and Religious Authority from Ancient to Modern Peter HorsfieldMedia and (vicarious) religion – two levels of religious authority Alf LindermanReligious Authority & Social Media Branding in a Culture of Religious Celebrification Pauline Hope CheongSection Two: Case StudiesSatellite Publics: Moral Identity and New Media in Moroccan Islam Bahíyyih MaroonExamining all the Realms of Nature: Evidence, insight, and the quest for knowledge in modern Thailand Emily ZeamerCyber Memorial Zones and Shamanic Inheritance in Korea Joonseong LeeBaadaass Mamas: Race, Sex and Afro-Religiosity in Sankofa Montré MissouriTechno-Vodou: Transnational Flows in the Spiritual Marketplace Alexandra BoutrosEvangelical Media for Youth and Religious Authority in Brazil Karina Kosicki BelottiThe Authority of the Image: Sex, Religion, and the Text/Image Conflict in Craig Thompson’s Blankets Christine Hoff KraemerAfterword Lynn Schofield ClarkNotesBibliographyIndex

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