Media And The Transformation Of Religion In South Asia

Author : Lawrence A. Babb,Susan S. Wadley
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781512800180

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Media and the Transformation of Religion in South Asia by Lawrence A. Babb,Susan S. Wadley Pdf

This volume explores the effects of the religious transformation taking place in India as sacred symbols assume the shapes of media images. Lifted from their traditional forms and contexts, many religious symbols, beliefs, and practices are increasingly refracted through such media as god posters, comic books, audio recordings, and video programs. The ten original essays here examine the impact on India's traditional social and cultural structures of printed images, audio recordings, film, and video. Contributors: Lawrence A. Babb, Steve Derné, John Stratton Hawley, Stephen R. Inglis, John T. Little, Philip Lutgendorf, Scott L. Marcus, Frances W. Pritchett, Regula Burckhardt Qureshi, H. Daniel Smith, and Susan S. Wadley.

Author : Kerstin Radde-Antweiler,Xenia Zeiler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351691413

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Mediatized Religion in Asia by Kerstin Radde-Antweiler,Xenia Zeiler Pdf

This edited volume discusses mediatized religion in Asia, examining the intensity and variety of constructions and processes related to digital media and religion in Asia today. Individual chapters present case studies from various regions and religious traditions in Asia, critically discussing the data collected in light of current mediatization theories. By directing the study to the geographical, cultural and religious contexts specific to Asia, it also provides new material for the theoretical discussion of the pros and cons of the concept mediatization, among other things interrogating whether this concept is useful in non-’Western’ contexts."

Author : Jacqueline Suthren Hirst,John Zavos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136626685

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Religious Traditions in Modern South Asia by Jacqueline Suthren Hirst,John Zavos Pdf

"This book offers a fresh approach to the study of religion in modern South Asia. It uses a series of case studies to explore the development of religious ideas and practices, giving students an understanding of the social, political and historical context. It looks at some familiar themes in the study of religion, such as deity, authoritative texts, myth, worship, teacher traditions and caste, and some of the key ways in which Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism in South Asia have been shaped in the modern period. The book points to the diversity of ways of looking at religious traditions and considers the impact of gender, politics, and the way religion itself is variously understood."--Publisher's description

Author : Hent de Vries,Samuel Weber
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 676 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804734976

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Religion and Media by Hent de Vries,Samuel Weber Pdf

Counter The twenty-five contributors to this volume - who include such influential thinkers as Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, Talal Asad, and James Siegel - confront the conceptual, analytical, and empirical difficulties involved in addressing the complex relationship between religion and media. The book's introductory section offers a prolegomenon to the multiple problems raised by an interdisciplinary approach to these multifaceted phenomena. The essays in the following part provide exemplary approaches to the historical and systematic background to the study of religion and media. The third part presents case studies by anthropologists and scholars of comparative religion. The book concludes with two remarkable documents: a chapter from Theodor W. Adorno's study of the relationship between religion and media in the context of political agitation (The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas's Radio Addresses) and a section from Niklas Luhmann's monumental Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft (Society as a Social System).

Author : Geoffrey A. Oddie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002027348

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Religion in South Asia by Geoffrey A. Oddie Pdf

Author : James Ponniah
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506439938

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Culture Religion and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia by James Ponniah Pdf

Culture, Religion, and Home-making in and Beyond South Asia explores how the idea of the home is repurposed or re-envisioned in relation to experiences of modernity, urbanization, conflict, migration and displacement. It considers how these processes are reflected in rituals, beliefs and social practices. It explores the processes by which "home" may be constructed and how relocations often result in either the replication or rejection of traditional homes and identities. Ponniah examines the various contestations surrounding the categories of "home" and "religion," including interfaith families, urban spaces, and sacred places.

Author : Asghar Ali Engineer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : UVA:X030155252

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Religion in South Asia by Asghar Ali Engineer Pdf

Though Liberation Theology has yet not struck its roots in South Asia, some scholars have, however, started taking deep interest in it. As a result, we have begun to see the liberation content in every religion in the region. The present book offers the researches of some of these enterprising scholars. All the major religions in South Asia, namely Hinduism, Islam, Buddhism and Christianity have been covered here. Their liberative content, which was hardly discernible, stands exposed for people to make use of it. The generalists and scholars will, it is hoped, find the work instructive and inspiring

Author : Nukhbah Taj Langah,Roshni Sengupta
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000422573

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Film, Media and Representation in Postcolonial South Asia by Nukhbah Taj Langah,Roshni Sengupta Pdf

This volume brings together new studies and interdisciplinary research on the changing mediascapes in South Asia. Focusing on India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, it explores the transformations in the sphere of cinema, television, performing arts, visual cultures, cyber space and digital media, beyond the traumas of the partitions of 1947 and 1971. Through wide-ranging essays on soft power, performance, film, and television; art and visual culture; and cyber space, social media, and digital texts, the book bridges the gap in the study of the postcolonial and post-Partition developments to reimagine South Asia through a critical understanding of popular culture and media. The volume includes scholars and practitioners from the subcontinent to foster dialogue across the borders, and presents diverse and in-depth studies on film, media and representation in the region. This book will be useful to scholars and researchers of media and film studies, postcolonial studies, visual cultures, political studies, partition history, cultural studies, mass media, popular culture, history, sociology and South Asian studies, as well as to media practitioners, journalists, writers, and activists.

Author : Knut A. Jacobsen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134074594

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South Asian Religions on Display by Knut A. Jacobsen Pdf

Religious procession is a significant dimension of religion in South Asia. This volume presents current research on this important phenomenon dealing with interpretations of the role of processions, the recent increase in processions and changes in the procession traditions.

Author : Diana Dimitrova
Publisher : Springer
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230105522

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Religion in Literature and Film in South Asia by Diana Dimitrova Pdf

This innovative, interdisciplinary collection of essays by scholars based in Europe and the United States offers stimulating approaches to the role played by religion in present-day South Asia.

Author : Jacqueline Suthren Hirst,John Zavos
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781136626678

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Religious Traditions in Modern South Asia by Jacqueline Suthren Hirst,John Zavos Pdf

This book offers a contemporary approach to the study of religion in modern South Asia. It explores the development of religious ideas and practices in the region, giving students a clear and critical understanding of social, political and historical context. Part One takes a fresh look at some familiar themes in the study of religion, such as deity, authoritative texts, myth, worship, teacher traditions and caste, and helps students understand diverse ways of approaching these themes. Part Two focuses on some of the key ways in which Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Sikhism in South Asia have been shaped in the modern period. Overall the book considers the impact of gender, politics, and the way religion itself is variously understood. The chapters contain a compelling range of primary source materials and a series of geographical and historical ‘snapshots’ to orientate readers to South Asia. Valuable features for students include images, task boxes, discussion points, suggestions for further reading, a timeline and glossary of terms.

Author : John Hinnells,Richard King
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781134192182

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Religion and Violence in South Asia by John Hinnells,Richard King Pdf

Do religions justify and cause violence or are they more appropriately seen as forces for peace and tolerance? Featuring contributions from international experts in the field, this book explores the debate that has emerged in the context of secular modernity about whether religion is a primary cause of social division, conflict and war, or whether this is simply a distortion of the ‘true’ significance of religion and that if properly followed it promotes peace, harmony, goodwill and social cohesion. Focusing on how this debate is played out in the South Asian context, the book engages with issues relating to religion and violence in both its classical and contemporary formations. The collection is designed to look beyond the stereotypical images and idealized portrayals of the peaceful South Asian religious traditions (especially Hindu, Buddhist, Jain and Sufi), which can occlude their own violent histories and to analyze the diverse attitudes towards, and manifestations of violence within the major religious traditions of South Asia. Divided into three sections, the book also discusses globalization and the theoretical issues that inform contemporary discussions of the relationship between religion and violence.

Author : István Keul
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317674481

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Asian Religions, Technology and Science by István Keul Pdf

Over the past five decades, the field of religion-and-science scholarship has experienced a considerable expansion. This volume explores the historical and contemporary perspectives of the relationship between religion, technology and science with a focus on South and East Asia. These three areas are not seen as monolithic entities, but as discursive fields embedded in dynamic processes of cultural exchange and transformation. Bridging these arenas of knowledge and practice traditionally seen as distinct and disconnected, the book reflects on the ways of exploring the various dimensions of their interconnection. Through its various chapters, the collection provides an examination of the use of modern scientific concepts in the theologies of new religious organizations, and challenges the traditional notions of space by Western scientific conceptions in the 19th century. It looks at the synthesis of ritual elements and medical treatment in China and India, and at new funeral practices in Japan. It discusses the intersections between contemporary Western Buddhism, modern technology, and global culture, and goes on to look at women’s rights in contemporary Pakistani media. Using case studies grounded in carefully delineated temporal and regional frameworks, chapters are grouped in two sections; one on religion and science, and another on religion and technology. Illustrating the manifold perspectives and the potential for further research and discussion, this book is an important contribution to the studies of Asian Religion, Science and Technology, and Religion and Philosophy.

Author : Imran Ahmed,Zahid Shahab Ahmed,Howard Brasted,Shahram Akbarzadeh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811668470

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Religion, Extremism and Violence in South Asia by Imran Ahmed,Zahid Shahab Ahmed,Howard Brasted,Shahram Akbarzadeh Pdf

This book sheds light on religiously motivated extremism and violence in South Asia, a phenomenon which ostensibly poses critical and unique challenges to the peace, security and governance not only of the region, but also of the world at large. The book is distinctive in-so-far as it reexamines conventional wisdom held about religious extremism in South Asia and departs from the literature which centres its analyses on Islamic militancy based on the questions and assumptions of the West’s ‘war on terror’. This volume also offers a comprehensive analysis of new extremist movements and how their emergence and success places existing theoretical frameworks in the study of religious extremism into question. It further examines topical issues including the study of social media and its impact on the evolution and operation of violent extremism. The book also analyses grassroots and innovative non-state initiatives aimed to counter extremist ideologies. Through case studies focusing on Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, this collection examines extremist materials, methods of political mobilisation and recruitment processes and maps the interconnected nature of sociological change with the ideological transformations of extremist movements.

Author : Karen Pechilis,Selva J. Raj
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780415448512

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South Asian Religions by Karen Pechilis,Selva J. Raj Pdf

This valuable resource explores the important role which the minority traditions play in the religious life of the subcontinent.