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Book SynopsisTrade Review“Focusing on the agency of a single institution, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Feller takes us beyond simple assumptions about representation and ideology to show us in finely grained detail how exactly Mormon theology, cosmological vision, community, bureaucratic authority, and public image work together--and sometimes, against one another--in an ongoing history of innovation, strategic management, struggle, and imagination. At each step,
Eternity in the Ether sheds light on a remarkable terrain of creative energies, practical demands, and political possibilities, inviting us to see Mormonism in new ways, and by extension, to revisit many assumptions about how media work in the world. Essential reading for anyone interested in the relationship between religion and media.”--Jeremy Stolow, author of
Deus in Machina: Religion, Technology, and the Things in Between"Gavin Feller's
Eternity in the Ether: A Mormon Media History is an interesting book that brings together various academic disciplines and fields together -- weaving communication studies, religion, and history into one manuscript." --
Association of Mormon LettersTable of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Sacred Cities, Stubborn People
- Voices in the West
- God Is Wireless
- Ethical Dilemmas and Technical Obstacles: Navigating Early Television
- Distance and Discipline: Television, Home, and Family
- Boundaries and Borders: Zion Online
- Community Here, Community Hereafter
Conclusion: Control and Compromise
Notes
Index
