Thomas, Pradip.
Strong religion, zealous media : Christian fundamentalism and communication in India / Pradip Ninan Thomas. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2008. - xvii, 207 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Section I: Locating the study -- Christian fundamentalism and other fundamentalisms -- Christian fundamentalism and the media -- Christianity in India -- Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism : the global and the local -- Section II: Theory and concepts -- Bourdieu, Christianity, and mediated Christianity in India -- Section III: The cultural/media practices of Christian fundamentalism -- The changing nature of Christian broadcasting in India -- Cyber-contestations : Christian and Hindu fundamentalisms on the web -- Benny Hinn's festival of blessings : the analysis of a Christian crusade in India -- Section IV: Towards another religious communication -- Communication and the search for inter-subjective futures.
9788178298344 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2008023447
Fundamentalism--India.
Mass media in religion--India.
Communication--India.
Mass media--India.
BT82.2 / .T48 2008
306.6751083 / THS
Strong religion, zealous media : Christian fundamentalism and communication in India / Pradip Ninan Thomas. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE, 2008. - xvii, 207 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Section I: Locating the study -- Christian fundamentalism and other fundamentalisms -- Christian fundamentalism and the media -- Christianity in India -- Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism : the global and the local -- Section II: Theory and concepts -- Bourdieu, Christianity, and mediated Christianity in India -- Section III: The cultural/media practices of Christian fundamentalism -- The changing nature of Christian broadcasting in India -- Cyber-contestations : Christian and Hindu fundamentalisms on the web -- Benny Hinn's festival of blessings : the analysis of a Christian crusade in India -- Section IV: Towards another religious communication -- Communication and the search for inter-subjective futures.
9788178298344 (hbk. : alk. paper)
2008023447
Fundamentalism--India.
Mass media in religion--India.
Communication--India.
Mass media--India.
BT82.2 / .T48 2008
306.6751083 / THS