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Overview"Special Issue: ""The Visual Cultures of Global Pentecostalism"". Immense, diverse and prolific, imported, indigenized and autochthonous - Pentecostalism represents more than one third of the world's Christians. The cases presented in this special issue treat the Pentecostal mediascape as a material practice of faith, as sacred embodiments of spirituality, identity and practice. Ranging from Ghanaian television shows to the political uses of mass media in Brazil to the global ministries of German evangelist Reinhard Bonnke, the articles alert us to the interactive nature of religious seeing. Special attention is paid to the cultural contexts in which these mass mediated images take place (cinematic and televisual apparatuses; public display; home viewing; church settings; TV studio audiences) and how their settings play a key role in framing the visual experience." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Crispin Paine , David Goa , David Morgan , S. Brent PlatePublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Berg Publishers Dimensions: Width: 17.20cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9781845204204ISBN 10: 1845204204 Pages: 128 Publication Date: 01 November 2005 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsIntroduction Tamar Gordon The Spectacular and the Spirits: Charismatics and Neo-Traditionalists on Ghanaian Television Marleen de Witte Of Faith and Visual Alertness: The Message of Mediatized Religion in an African Pentecostal Context J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Mass Mediating the Spiritual Battle: Pentecostal Appropriations of Mass Mediated Violence in Rio de Janeiro Martijn Oosterbaan The Crusade is the Vision : Branding Charisma in a Global Pentecostal Ministry Tamar Gordon and Mary Hancock In Conversation Reconsidering Kitsch Betty Spackman Response to Spackman, Reconsidering 'Kitsch' David MorganReviews'Material Religion is to be warmly welcomed as a key forum for a neglected area of research. With an impressive range of editors, the inter-disciplinary approach and the emphasis upon material culture in all its diversity will encourage new research on religion, both theoretically and methodologically.' Timothy Insoll, University of Manchester 'I cannot think of a religious tradition that does not depend on material objects for transcendence. In the Christian version, it has been said that you cannot even get the faith started without a loaf of bread, a bottle of wine, and a river. The editors will have their eye out for loaves, bottles, rivers, and their counterparts in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and the new religion down the block. Enjoying what these experienced and trustworthy folk publish should enhance the understanding of material motifs and artifacts in relation to spiritual and communal expressions.' Martin E. Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago 'Focus on doctrine, beliefs, and ideas has often ignored the myriad ways that people flesh out or body forth their religious sensibilities in objects and practices. Yet religious passions tend to cluster around devotional objects, images, and music rather than around beliefs that are unaccompanied by material signs. Material Religion will address a much neglected feature of religion, contributing substantially to the understanding of how religion works in people's lives.' Margaret Miles, Professor Emerita of Historical Theology, The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley "'Material Religion is to be warmly welcomed as a key forum for a neglected area of research. With an impressive range of editors, the inter-disciplinary approach and the emphasis upon material culture in all its diversity will encourage new research on religion, both theoretically and methodologically.' Timothy Insoll, University of Manchester 'I cannot think of a religious tradition that does not depend on material objects for transcendence. In the Christian version, it has been said that you cannot even get the faith started without a loaf of bread, a bottle of wine, and a river. The editors will have their eye out for loaves, bottles, rivers, and their counterparts in Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and the new religion down the block. Enjoying what these experienced and trustworthy folk publish should enhance the understanding of material motifs and artifacts in relation to spiritual and communal expressions.' Martin E. Marty, Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, The University of Chicago 'Focus on doctrine, beliefs, and ideas has often ignored the myriad ways that people ""flesh out"" or ""body forth"" their religious sensibilities in objects and practices. Yet religious passions tend to cluster around devotional objects, images, and music rather than around beliefs that are unaccompanied by material signs. Material Religion will address a much neglected feature of religion, contributing substantially to the understanding of how religion works in people's lives.' Margaret Miles, Professor Emerita of Historical Theology, The Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley" Author InformationS. Brent Plate, Texas Christian University. David Goa, University of Alberta, Canada. David Morgan, Valparaiso Unviersity, USA. Crispin Paine is Visiting Fellow, University College Chichester. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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