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Religion and Media in America Anthony Hatcher

Religion and Media in America By Anthony Hatcher

Religion and Media in America by Anthony Hatcher


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Religion and Media in America is a qualitative study of six distinct ways religion, especially Christianity, has been woven into American popular and civic culture. It uses historical and contemporary analysis to explore how Christianity both adapts to and is affected by new media forms.

Religion and Media in America Summary

Religion and Media in America by Anthony Hatcher

Covering topics ranging from the Moral Monday movement to Christian films and performers, Religion and Media in America is a qualitative study of the ways in which religion has been woven into American popular and civic culture. This book explores how Christianity both adapts to and is affected by new media forms. Its six chapters address religious activism; government imposition of religiosity into secular culture; religious entertainment; Bible translations marketed as consumer goods; and how religious satire comes from both religious and secular sources. Recommended for scholars and students interested in media studies, film studies, religion, communication, American history, American studies, political science, and popular culture.

Religion and Media in America Reviews

Religion and the Media in America is a valuable contribution to our understanding of how media and religion have always been linked, and are present in generating social, cultural, and political forces today. * Reading Religion *
Christian faith really is about media in the 21st Century. And Hatcher seamlessly outlines the paradox-a ubiquity of media options available to explore and understand one's Christian faith, laid alongside a growing lack of grasp on where the subcultures of Christian faith experience came from. Yes, Christianity began in North America via the printed word stuffed in saddlebags of circuit-riding preachers. From the printed page it became radio, TV, film, eventually digital messages and social media. But what is Christian faith? And why do media and audiences respond to it as they do? Hatcher walks us into the mystery, suggesting some answers but beckoning us to better questions. -- Michael A. Longinow, Biola University

About Anthony Hatcher

Anthony Hatcher is associate professor of communications at Elon University.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part One: Civil Religion

Chapter One. Moral Mondays in the South: God-Talk, Christian Activism, and Civil Disobedience in the Digital Age
Chapter Two. So Blessed by God: Adding the Almighty to the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag

Part Two: Religion and Entertainment

Chapter Three. God Wants His Stars Everywhere: The Media Mission of Actors, Models, & Talent for Christ
Chapter Four. Sacramental Pilgrimage: Catholicism, Humanism, Spirituality, and Community Along The Way

Part Three: Sacred and Profane Media

Chapter Five. Copyrighting God: Translating, Publishing, Marketing, and Selling the Bible
Chapter Six. Jesus Laughed: The Uses and Abuses of Religious Satire

Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Additional information

NLS9781498514460
9781498514460
1498514464
Religion and Media in America by Anthony Hatcher
New
Paperback
Lexington Books
20200811
296
N/A
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