Strong religion, zealous media : Christian fundamentalism and communication in India /
by Pradip Ninan Thomas.
- New Delhi SAGE Publications, 2008.
- xvii, 207p. 24 cm.(Hb)
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 (hard back : alk. paper) 495.00
DBAD / PUB
ENG-90643
Fundamentalism--India. Mass media in religion--India. Communication--India. Mass media--India.