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Looking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, Hooverâs book is a fascinating assessment of the state of modern religion. Thoroughly revised throughout this second edition now looks at the digital age, âœnew mediaâ and significant role of social media on religion today. While the sheer volume and variety of information travelling through global media changes modes of religious thought and commitment, the human desire for spirituality also invigorates popular culture itself, recreating commodities â film blockbusters, world sport, politics and popular music â as contexts for religious meanings.

Drawing 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 audiences. This second edition of Religion in the Media Age is essential reading for everyone interested in how today mass media relates to contemporary religious and

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 3/14/2025
      ISBN13: 9780367649371, 978-0367649371
      ISBN10: 0367649373
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      Book Synopsis

      Looking at the everyday interaction of religion and media in our cultural lives, Hooverâs book is a fascinating assessment of the state of modern religion. Thoroughly revised throughout this second edition now looks at the digital age, âœnew mediaâ and significant role of social media on religion today. While the sheer volume and variety of information travelling through global media changes modes of religious thought and commitment, the human desire for spirituality also invigorates popular culture itself, recreating commodities â film blockbusters, world sport, politics and popular music â as contexts for religious meanings.

      Drawing 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 audiences. This second edition of Religion in the Media Age is essential reading for everyone interested in how today mass media relates to contemporary religious and

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