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6. Modern-day Martyrs: Fans’ Online Reconstruction of Celebrities as Divine
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Rebecca Haughey
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents vii
- 1. Introduction: Social Media and Religious Change 1
- 2. Media and the Sacred: An Evaluation of the ‘Strong Program’ within Cultural Sociology 15
- 3. Christianity, Secularism and Religious Diversity in the British Media 37
- 4. Religion for a Postsecular Society? Discourses of Gender, Religion and Secularity in the Reception of BBC2’s The Monastery and The Convent 59
- 5. Paradise Lost? Islamophobia, Post-liberalism and the Dismantling of State Multiculturalism in the Netherlands: The Role of Mass and Social Media 79
- 6. Modern-day Martyrs: Fans’ Online Reconstruction of Celebrities as Divine 103
- 7. Radical Islam, Globalisation and Social Media: Martyrdom Videos on the Internet 121
- 8. Grassroots Religion: Facebook and Offline Post-Denominational Judaism 143
- 9. Truck Stops and Fashion Shows: A Case Study of the Discursive Performance of Evangelical Christian Group Affiliation on YouTube 165
- 10. Bounded Religious Communities’ Management of the Challenge of New Media: Baha’í Negotiation with the Internet 185
- 11. Life, Death and Everyday Experience of Social Media 201
- 12. List of Contributors 219
- Index 223
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Table of Contents vii
- 1. Introduction: Social Media and Religious Change 1
- 2. Media and the Sacred: An Evaluation of the ‘Strong Program’ within Cultural Sociology 15
- 3. Christianity, Secularism and Religious Diversity in the British Media 37
- 4. Religion for a Postsecular Society? Discourses of Gender, Religion and Secularity in the Reception of BBC2’s The Monastery and The Convent 59
- 5. Paradise Lost? Islamophobia, Post-liberalism and the Dismantling of State Multiculturalism in the Netherlands: The Role of Mass and Social Media 79
- 6. Modern-day Martyrs: Fans’ Online Reconstruction of Celebrities as Divine 103
- 7. Radical Islam, Globalisation and Social Media: Martyrdom Videos on the Internet 121
- 8. Grassroots Religion: Facebook and Offline Post-Denominational Judaism 143
- 9. Truck Stops and Fashion Shows: A Case Study of the Discursive Performance of Evangelical Christian Group Affiliation on YouTube 165
- 10. Bounded Religious Communities’ Management of the Challenge of New Media: Baha’í Negotiation with the Internet 185
- 11. Life, Death and Everyday Experience of Social Media 201
- 12. List of Contributors 219
- Index 223
