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Annual Report 2014
Dar es Salaam: World Family of Radio Maria Africa (2014), 21 pp.
Prosecuted Beliefs: Indonesia's Blasphemy Laws
London: Amnesty International (2014), 50 pp.
Religion in Latin America: Widespread Change in a Historically Catholic Region
Pew Research Center (2014), 309 pp.
"Overall, 84% of Latin American adults report that they were raised Catholic, 15 percentage points more than currently identify as Catholic. The pattern is reversed among Protestants and people who do not identify with any religion: While the Catholic Church has lost adherents through religious swit
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Inter Mirifica After 50 Years: Origin, Directions, Challenges
Verbum SVD, volume 54, issue 4 (2013), pp. 378-394
"Already during the preparation for the Second Vatican Council a commission on “modern means for the apostolate” was created (November 1959!). The final Communications Commission produced a document with 114 paragraphs, which was discussed in the first session of the Council and approved in the
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Influences of Religious Telecast in a Multi-Religious India: An Analysis of Hindu and Non-Hindu Television Viewers
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 1 (2013), pp. 5-21
"On the whole, it seems religious television viewing had moderate or no influence whatsoever at attitudinal level among Hindu and non-Hindu viewers. In the light of the analysis, it is argued that strongly held religious beliefs and cultural dictates would not get influenced by religious television
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The Rediscovery of Religious Silence in the Social Media Era: A Korean Case
Religion and Social Communication, volume 11, issue 2 (2013), pp. 138-154
Religion and Television in Indonesia: Ethics Surrounding Dakwahtainment
Geneva: Globethics.net (2013), 109 pp.
"This monograph provides a critical overview and assessment of the new and rising phenomenon of dakwahtainment or Islamic televangelism in post-reformasi Indonesia. This phenomenon feeds on the increasing materialist, consumerist, nihilistic and voyeuristic culture of celebrity that is currently eng
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Religion and Public Diplomacy
New York et al.: Palgrave Macmillan (2013), x, 224 pp.
"Mixing religion and public diplomacy can produce volatile results, but in a world in which the dissemination and influence of religious beliefs are enhanced by new communications technologies, religion is a factor in many foreign policy issues and must be addressed. Faith is such a powerful part of
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Religion and Media: A Critical Review of Recent Developments
Critical Research on Religion, volume 1, issue 3 (2013), pp. 347-356
"This article considers recent changes in the definition of religion and of media as the basis for framing the study of their relation to one another and recent research in the intersection they have come to form over the last two decades or so. The history, materiality, and reception of each have c
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Die Ordens- und Missionspresse in Deutschland: Rahmenbedingungen, Angebot und Rezeption
Communicatio Socialis, volume 46, issue 1 (2013), pp. 27-43
"Eine Befragung von Redaktionsleitern liefert erstmals umfassende Daten zur Situation der Ordens- und Missionspresse in Deutschland. Demnach erschienen im Jahr 2012 mehr als 70 Zeitschriften von Ordensgemeinschaften, die zusammen eine Auflage von 1,5 Millionen Exemplaren erreichten. Die typische Ord
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Mobile Mindfulness: Practicing Digital Religion on Smartphones with Buddhist Meditation Apps
University of Colorado, Master Thesis (2013), iv, 92 pp.
"In this thesis, I introduce and focus on the term “mobile mindfulness,” arguing that David McMahan’s elements of Buddhist modernism are intensified when practicing religion on the smartphone. These “mobile mindfulness” characteristics include the creation of transient experimental places
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Emerging Christian Media in Egypt: Clerical Authority and the Visualization of Women in Coptic Video Films
International Journal of Middle East Studies, volume 45, issue 3 (2013), pp. 513-533
"This article examines the depiction of women and gender within Coptic Orthodox video films or “hagiopics” produced between 1987 and 2010. As part of a recent religious renewal, hagiopics have expanded, altered, and reinvented traditional stories of saints and pious figures and have also generat
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"O presente trabalho trata das relações estabelecidas entre música, comunicação e Igreja Católica. A partir de uma análise acerca das estratégias de apropriação da lógica de mercado atual, aliadas ao uso sistemático e interligado dos meios de comunicação de massa, procura-se perceber a
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Kachin Refugees, Myanmar: Needs for Pastoral and Evangelizing Communication
Manila: University of Santo Tomas, Faculty of Sacred Theology, Master Thesis (2013), ix, 115 pp.
"The study is divided into three parts: Part One is a discussion on brief history of civil war in Myanmar especially in Kachin State, the past experiences of the Church in pastoral and evangelizing communication in Kachin State and the current life situation of the Kachin refugees. In Part Two, we p
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Wörterbuch alttestamentlicher Motive
Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft (wbg) (2013), 478 pp.
"Das »Wörterbuch alttestamentlicher Motive« erleichtert das Verständnis der alttestamentlichen Texte und erschließt die Bedeutung ihrer Themen und Motive. Rund 120 Artikel beschreiben die altorientalischen Wurzeln zu jedem Motiv und erwähnen die Wirkungsgeschichte, die zumeist über das Neue T
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No Peace in the House: Witchcraft Accusations as an “Old Woman’s Problem” in Ghana
Anthropology & Aging Quarterly, volume 34, issue 2 (2013), pp. 199-212
"In Ghana, older women may be marginalized, abused, and even killed as witches. Media accounts imply this is common practice, mainly through stories of “witches camps” to which the accused may flee. Anthropological literature on aging and on witchcraft, however, suggests that this focus exaggera
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Habitus e pensamento comunicacional das Igrejas Metodista e Luterana no processo de midiatização
Revista Comunicação Midiática, volume 8, issue 1 (2013), pp. 246-265
"Ao analisar, neste artigo, alguns dos documentos oficiais sobre comunicação produzidos no âmbito das igrejas brasileiras Metodista e Evangélica de Confissão Luterana, busca se observar como o habitus midiático comparece no pensamento comunicacional dessas igrejas, operando sobre os modos como
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