Religion as Mediation
Why and how is it productive to conceptualize religion as mediation? In this article, I 1) rehearse the intellectual trajectory of the move from studying the implications of the adoption of new mass media into religious practices to a broader idea of religion as a practice of mediation; 2) address s...
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Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
[2020]
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Entangled Religions
Jahr: 2020, Band: 11, Heft: 3 |
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Religion
/ Mediation
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RelBib Classification: | AA Religionswissenschaft AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AE Religionspsychologie AX Interreligiöse Beziehungen |
weitere Schlagwörter: | B
sensational form
B immanent and transcendent B Plurality B Media B Mediation |
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Zusammenfassung: | Why and how is it productive to conceptualize religion as mediation? In this article, I 1) rehearse the intellectual trajectory of the move from studying the implications of the adoption of new mass media into religious practices to a broader idea of religion as a practice of mediation; 2) address some criticisms raised with regard to the concept of religion-as-mediation from my position in the interface of anthropology and religious studies; 3) discuss the evocation of a sense of transcendence through sensational forms, and 4) by way of an outlook, pinpoint how conceptualizing religion as mediation is useful to unpack religious plurality. |
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ISSN: | 2363-6696 |
Enthält: | Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.13154/er.11.2020.8444 |