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Filmbilder des Islam

Stefan Orth, Michael Staiger, Joachim Valentin (eds.)
Marburg: Schüren (2014), 250 pp.
"Im Mittelpunkt dieses Bandes steht die Thematisierung des Islam im zeitgenössischen Spielfilm: konkret das Aufeinanderprallen von islamischer und westlicher Kultur, sowohl im arabischen Raum, in der Türkei oder im Nahen Osten als auch in Westeuropa. Im Zentrum steht damit auch das Spannungsfeld z ... more
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Competence in Social Communication and Religion: A Christian Perspective

Franz-Josef Eilers
Religion and Social Communication, volume 12, issue 1 (2014), pp. 5-18
"The traditional concept of media education as promoted in several Church documents has to be revised and extended. In view of modern development in communication technology anmd behavior where the roles of producer and consumer change, it has to be extended or even substituted with the concept of " ... more
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Jésus au bout du clic: L'Eglise répond à la communication

Jean-Baptiste Malenge Kalunzu
Kinshasa: Baobab (2014), 152 pp.
"Poussées autant par l’enseignement de l’Eglise que par les appels de la mission au quotidien, les communautés de l’Eglise d’Afrique s’engagent de jour en jour et de mieux en mieux pour apporter une réponse aux appels à la communication. Il suffit même de considérer le besoin de visi ... more
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Kompendium Christliche Publizistik

Johanna Haberer, Friedrich Kraft (eds.)
Erlangen: Christliche Publizistik Verlag (CPV) (2014), 324 pp.
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La iglesia, casa de cristal: Propuestas y experiencias de comunicación durante crisis y controversias mediáticas
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Yago de la Cierva
Madrid: Biblioteca de Autores Cristianos (2014), xxv, 440 pp.
"La Iglesia, casa de cristal reúne propuestas y experiencias de comunicación para situaciones de crisis y de controversias mediáticas, útiles para la comunicación de instituciones eclesiales. Se dirige principalmente a quienes trabajan en los departamentos de comunicación de diócesis, órdene ... more
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Heretics: Iran’s Religious Minorities

James Marchant, Liana Aghajanian
Small Media (2014), 148 pp.
"With this report we explore how different religious minorities in Iran use the internet to engage with their communities in Iran and around the world. To build a representative picture, we drew on diverse sources, piecing together historical accounts, content analysis, legal frameworks, and the voi ... more
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The Cambridge Companion to Pentecostalism

Cecil M. Robeck (ed.)
New York: Cambridge University Press (2014), xiii, 340 pp.
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Die orientalischen Christen: Eine unterdrückte und verfolgte Minderheit

Heinz Finger, Werner Wessel (eds.)
Rudolf Solzbacher; Nadim K. Ammann (collab.)
Köln: Erzbischöfliche Diözesan- und Dombibliothek (2014), 361 pp.
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Jihadism: Online Discourses and Representations

Rüdiger Lohlker (ed.)
Göttingen: V & R Unipress, Vienna University Press (2013), 255 pp.
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Mobile Mindfulness: Practicing Digital Religion on Smartphones with Buddhist Meditation Apps

Joanna Piacenza
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 ... more
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Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East: Rhetoric of the Image

Christiane J. Gruber, Sune Haugbolle (eds.)
Bloomington: Indiana University Press (2013), xxvii, 343 pp.
"The essays explore the role and function of image making to highlight the ways in which the images "speak" and what visual languages mean for the construction of Islamic subjectivities, the distribution of power, and the formation of identity and belonging. Visual Culture in the Modern Middle East ... more
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Religious Broadcasting as Public Service

Imrich Jenca, Zdenka Sekerešova, Helena Zárubová
European Journal of Science and Theology, volume 9, issue 6 (2013), pp. 61-70
"Religious broadcasting represents one of the basic elements of the public service broadcasting (broadcasting for the public benefit). It serves various public needs and purposes - according to the ritual model of communication it serves the intermediary function (it allows to participate in the lit ... more
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Katholisches Medienhandbuch: Fakten - Praxis - Perspektiven

Gebhard Fürst, David Hober, Jürgen Holtkamp (eds.)
Kevelaer: Butzon & Bercker (2013), 335 pp.
"Wie kann sich Kirche in einer durch Medien bestimmten Gesellschaft noch Gehör verschaffen? Sind Kirche und Medien überhaupt kompatibel? Und wie gelingt ihr der Spagat zwischen ihrer Aufgabe authentisch zu verkündigen und sich zugleich an die Eigenlogik der Medien anpassen zu müssen? Kirche wird ... more
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Religion and Television in Indonesia: Ethics Surrounding Dakwahtainment

Dicky Sofjan, Mega Hidayati
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 ... more
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Religion and the Internet: A Microcosm for Studying Internet Trends and Implications

Heidi A. Campbell
New Media & Society, volume 15, issue 5 (2013), pp. 680-694
"Through a critical overview of research on religion online, five central research areas emerge related to social practices, online-offline connections, community, identity, and authority online. It is also argued that observations about these themes not only point to specific trends within religiou ... more
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Islam for Journalists: A Primer on Covering Muslim Communities in America

Lawrence Pintak, Stephen Franklin (eds.)
Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication; Social Science Research Council (SSRC) (2013), 343 pp.
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Communiquer dans les diocèses en associant les différents médias

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The Media in Society: Religious Radio Stations, Socio-Religious Discourse and National Cohesion in Tanzania

Francis Xavier Ng’atigwa
Bayreuth: Bayreuth University, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies (BIGSAS), Doctoral Thesis (2013), xiv, 215 pp.
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Atlas de las creencias religiosas en la Argentina

Fortunato Mallimaci (dir.)
Buenos Aires: Biblos (2013), 265 pp.
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Die Lage der Bistumspresse: Ein Blick über die Grenze. Kirchenzeitungen in Poona, Gitega und Leitmeritz

Andrea Franzetti, Annika Franzetti
Communicatio Socialis, volume 46, issue 1 (2013), pp. 44-55
"Anhand dreier Fallbeispiele aus Indien, Burundi und der Tschechischen Republik kann exemplarisch gezeigt werden, wie sehr das jeweilige Umfeld die Schwierigkeiten diözesaner Presse prägt. Mediensystem, gesellschaftliche und diözesane Rahmenbedingungen scheinen als Einflussgrößen auf die Bistum ... more