Religion in the Media Age - 9780367649364

Religion in the Media AgeAuthor(s): Stewart M. Hoover\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367649364, 978-0367649364\nSynopsis\nLooking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, Hoovers book is a fascinating assessment of the state of modern religion. This revised second edition now looks at the digital age, \""new media\"" and the significant role of social media on religion today. While the sheer volume and variety of information traveling through global media changes modes of religious thought and commitment, the human desire for spirituality also invigorates popular culture itself, recreating commodities film blockbusters, world sport, politics, and popular music as contexts for religious meanings.\n\nDrawing on research into household media consumption, Hoover charts the way in which media and religion have continued to intermingle and collide in the cultural experience of media au.