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22 produkter
Aesthetic Formations
Media, Religion, and the Senses
Inbunden, 2009
552 kr
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This book examines the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings including the Pentecostal Church and Islamic movements, as well as the use of religious forms and image in the sphere of radio and cinema.
Aesthetic Formations
Media, Religion, and the Senses
Häftad, 2010
552 kr
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This book examines the incorporation of newly accessible mass media into practices of religious mediation in a variety of settings including the Pentecostal Church and Islamic movements, as well as the use of religious forms and image in the sphere of radio and cinema.
How Hysterical
Identification and Resistance in the Bible and Film
Inbunden, 2003
552 kr
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How Hysterical reads scenes from the films Light It Up , Three Kings , Remember the Titans , Paris is Burning , Boys Don't Cry , and Magnolia alongside biblical texts from Numbers , Exodus , Isaiah , Micah , Ezekiel and Revelation . An innovation in studies on Bible and film, How Hysterical is less …
How Hysterical
Identification and Resistance in the Bible and Film
Av Erin Runions, Runions m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
552 kr
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How Hysterical reads scenes from the films Light It Up , Three Kings , Remember the Titans , Paris is Burning , Boys Don't Cry , and Magnolia alongside biblical texts from Numbers , Exodus , Isaiah , Micah , Ezekiel and Revelation . An innovation in studies on Bible and film, How Hysterical is less …
Connected Places
Region, Pilgrimage, and Geographical Imagination in India
Av A. Feldhaus
Häftad, 2004
1131 kr
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This book examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in Western India to illustrate the idea that regions are not only created by humans, but given meaning through religious practices. By exploring the people living in the area of Maharashtra, Feldhaus …
American Protestants and TV in the 1950s
Responses to a New Medium
Av M. Rosenthal
Häftad, 2008
552 kr
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Americans in the 1950s faced the challenge of negotiating the new medium's place in the home and in American culture in general. Using the American Protestant experience of the introduction of television, Rosenthal illustrates the importance of the interplay between a new medium and its users.
Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World
Häftad, 2015
569 kr
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This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations across continents from antiquity to the Nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas: depictions of homosexual and transgendered behaviours, conceptualizations of femininity and masculinity, and the …
Retheorizing Religion in Nepal
Av G. Grieve
Häftad, 2015
552 kr
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Retheorizing Religion in Nepal is an engaging and thought-provoking study of Religion in South Asia, with important insights for the study of religion and culture more broadly conceived. Grieve uses ethnographic material as well as poststructuralist and postcolonialist approaches to critique and …
Religious Dimensions of Advertising
Av T. Sheffield
Häftad, 2006
552 kr
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This groundbreaking work explores media scholar Sut Jhally's thesis that advertising functions as a religion in late capitalism and relates this to critical theological studies. Sheffield argues that advertising is not itself a religion, but that it contains religious dimensions - analogous to …
African Diaspora and the Study of Religion
Av T. Trost
Häftad, 2008
552 kr
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This book focuses on the location of the religious heritage of Africa within the academic study of religion - including indigenous African religions, African Christianities, African/American forms of Islam, the religions of African Americans, Afro-Caribbean religions, and Afro-Brazilian religions.
Representing Religion in World Cinema
Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making
Av S. Plate
Inbunden, 2004
1098 kr
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Religious traditions have provided a seemingly endless supply of subject matter for film, from the Ten Commandments to the Mahabharata . At the same time, film production has engendered new religious practices and has altered existing ones, from the cult following of The Rocky Horror Picture Show …
Representing Religion in World Cinema
Filmmaking, Mythmaking, Culture Making
Häftad, 2004
1098 kr
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Religious traditions have provided a seemingly endless supply of subject matter for film, from the Ten Commandments to the Mahabharata . At the same time, film production has engendered new religious practices and has altered existing ones, from the cult following of The Rocky Horror Picture Show …
Connected Places
Region, Pilgrimage, and Geographical Imagination in India
Av A. Feldhaus
Inbunden, 2004
1098 kr
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This book examines the words and actions of people who live in regions in the state of Maharashtra in Western India to illustrate the idea that regions are not only created by humans, but given meaning through religious practices. By exploring the people living in the area of Maharashtra, Feldhaus …
American Protestants and TV in the 1950s
Responses to a New Medium
Av M. Rosenthal
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Americans in the 1950s faced the challenge of negotiating the new medium's place in the home and in American culture in general. Using the American Protestant experience of the introduction of television, Rosenthal illustrates the importance of the interplay between a new medium and its users.
Derrida's Bible
Reading a Page of Scripture With a Little Help From Derrida
Av Yvonne Shewood, Y. Sherwood m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
498 kr
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In the last few years, Derrida has gained a great deal of attention from scholars of biblical studies and theology. The contributors to Derrida's Bible explore the relationships between Derrida, theory, and religious studies. Unlike other books on Derrida, this collection is primarily focused on …
Feminist New Testament Studies
Global and Future Perspectives
Inbunden, 2005
552 kr
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This volume is an engaging and provocative introduction to Feminist Biblical Studies. The authors draw upon their own social, cultural and religious backgrounds and experiences in reading the New Testament as feminists in the context of globalization. They provide intentional interpretations of …
Feminist New Testament Studies
Global and Future Perspectives
Häftad, 2005
552 kr
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This volume is an engaging and provocative introduction to Feminist Biblical Studies. The authors draw upon their own social, cultural and religious backgrounds and experiences in reading the New Testament as feminists in the context of globalization. They provide intentional interpretations of …
Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World
Inbunden, 2007
552 kr
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This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations across continents from antiquity to the Nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas: depictions of homosexual and transgendered behaviours, conceptualizations of femininity and masculinity, and the …
Women's Renunciation in South Asia
Nuns, Yoginis, Saints, and Singers
Av M. Khandelwal, Sondra L. Hausner m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
1207 kr
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This volume brings together compelling new research on South Asian women who have renounced worldly life for spiritual pursuits. Documenting contemporary women's experiences with intimate ethnographic narratives, this book offers feminist insights into Jain, Buddhist, Hindu and Baul ascetic …
Retheorizing Religion in Nepal
Av G. Grieve
Inbunden, 2006
552 kr
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Retheorizing Religion in Nepal is an engaging and thought-provoking study of Religion in South Asia, with important insights for the study of religion and culture more broadly conceived. Grieve uses ethnographic material as well as poststructuralist and postcolonialist approaches to critique and …
Religious Dimensions of Advertising
Av T. Sheffield
Inbunden, 2006
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This groundbreaking work explores media scholar Sut Jhally's thesis that advertising functions as a religion in late capitalism and relates this to critical theological studies. Sheffield argues that advertising is not itself a religion, but that it contains religious dimensions - analogous to …
African Diaspora and the Study of Religion
Av T. Trost
Inbunden, 2008
552 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book focuses on the location of the religious heritage of Africa within the academic study of religion - including indigenous African religions, African Christianities, African/American forms of Islam, the religions of African Americans, Afro-Caribbean religions, and Afro-Brazilian religions.
