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Media, spiritualities and social change /
"This book maps emergent global practices and discourses of mediated, spiritualized social change. Bringing together scholarly perspectives from around the world and across disciplines, the authors explore how 'spiritualities' express themselves through and with media -- from televisi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
©2011.
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| Colección: | Continuum religious studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book maps emergent global practices and discourses of mediated, spiritualized social change. Bringing together scholarly perspectives from around the world and across disciplines, the authors explore how 'spiritualities' express themselves through and with media -- from television to Internet, from fashion to art murals -- as socially transforming voices and practices. The very fluidity of the meaning of spirituality is part of its appeal: it can service as easily as a reference to a perceived common essence of humanness as it can work to legitimate market-based practices. While the involvement of spiritual life with social transformation is certainly not peculiar to contemporary societies, what has changed is the upsurge of media in these matters. In the specific case of religion, globalization has unleashed a cascade of unexpected and unpredictable implications, many of which are consequences of the media. The authors here show ways in which media and spiritualities are engaged around the world in efforts to restructure paradigms, institutions, beliefs and practices to affect social change."--Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 262 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441189134 1441189130 1472549112 9781472549112 1282948059 9781282948051 9786612948053 6612948051 9781441114723 1441114726 9781441120861 1441120866 |