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Title New media and the mediatisation of religion : an African perspective / edited by Gabriel Faimau and William O. Lesitaokana.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018.
©2018

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 173 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction / Gabriel Faimau, William O. Lesitaokana, Camden Behrens -- New media and the socio-religious acceleration of prophetic activism in Botswana / Gabriel Faimau -- Interweaving cyber-sociality with religiosity in Zimbabwe / Langtone Maunganidze -- The online prophet : identity and authority of "the man of God" on Social Media / William O. Lesitaokana -- Mediatising religion in the age of social media / Patience Mathambo -- Christian identity in the context of new media technologies : ecclesiological reflections from an African perspective / Lovemore Togarasei -- 'Facebooking' religion and the technologisation of the Religious discourse / Gabriel Faimau, Camden Behrens -- "Type amen and share to receive an instant miracle" : expanding the frontiers of religious satisfaction online in Africa / Motilola Akinfemisoye -- 'Holy' symbols of violence : new media, religious rhetoric and gendered power relations in Malawi / Anthony M. Gunde -- 'Mediatising' Islamic fundamentalism : insights from the Boko Haram insurgence in Nigeria / Edlyne E. Anugwom.
Summary New media, including digital and social media, play a central role in producing and reproducing socio-cultural and religious practices. Its presence has not only resulted in changes to the ways in which religious beliefs are practiced, but has also altered the way religious meanings are expressed. How has new media technology informed and influenced religious engagement and participation? In what ways has new media technology enabled religious groups to practice and preach their religious beliefs to a broader audience? To what extent has the emergence of social media and social networking site.
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Subject Mass media in religion -- Africa.
Mass media in religion.
Africa.
Social media -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Social media -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Christianity in mass media.
Christianity in mass media.
Religious broadcasting -- Africa.
Religious broadcasting.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Subject Social media.
Added Author Faimau, Gabriel, editor.
Lesitaokana, William O., editor.
Other Form: Print version: New media and the mediatisation of religion. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 9781527509023 (OCoLC)1031455438
ISBN 9781527517882 (electronic book)
1527517888 (electronic book)
9781527509023
1527509028