{"product_id":"new-media-and-religious-transformations-in-africa-9780253015242","title":"New Media and Religious Transformations in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Media and Religious Transformations in Africa\u003c\/i\u003e casts a critical look at Africa's rapidly evolving religious media scene. Following political liberalization, media deregulation, and the proliferation of new media technologies, many African religious leaders and activists have appropriated such media to strengthen and expand their communities and gain public recognition. Media have also been used to marginalize and restrict the activities of other groups, which has sometimes led to tension, conflict, and even violence. Showing how media are rarely neutral vehicles of expression, the contributors to this multidisciplinary volume analyze the mutual imbrications of media and religion during times of rapid technological and social change in various places throughout Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rosalind I. J. Hackett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/21\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 326\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253015242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRosalind I. J. Hackett is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is editor of \u003ci\u003eDisplacing the State: Religion and Conflict in Neoliberal Africa\u003c\/i\u003e. She is President of the International Association for the History of Religions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenjamin F. Soares is an anthropologist and Chair of the research staff at the Afrika-Studiecentrum in Leiden, The Netherlands. He is author of \u003ci\u003eIslam and the Prayer Economy: History and Authority in a Malian Town\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":39943773749363,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_ae46082d-f4d4-4ae7-b075-86f895b25f61.jpg?v=1648215158","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/new-media-and-religious-transformations-in-africa-9780253015242","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}