Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. Conjuring the Religious, the Global and the Mediated 21
6. High Tech Mediations, Low Tech Lifestyles: The Paradox of Natural Parenting in the Digital Age 41
7. Multi-site Mediated Worship: Why Simulcast Sermons Need Live Local Praise Bands 63
8. Silencing the Tongues of Angels? The Aesthetics of Destruction in Environmental Edens 83
9. Anatta in Buddhism and Games: Emptiness and the Magic Circle 99
10. The National Museum and Religious Identity: The “Islamic Period” at Iran’s National Museum 105
11. Media, Religion, and the Fabric of Culture and Communication in Contemporary Brazil 125
12. Digitizing Jesus: Expanding Publics and Cultivating Civility with the Jesus Film Smartphone App 141
13. Digital Media and Imperial Formations: The 2012 Lady Gaga Controversy in South Korea 159
14. Media Curation and Re-emergent Religion in Ghana’s Roadside Public Sphere 181
15. Religion, Media and Culture in India: Hindutva and Hinduism 205
16. Contributors 219
17. Index 221