"Explores how modern means of communication are changing religion, and how contemporary mediations of religion challenge and refine the aspirations and prospects of religious authority"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the media and religious authority / Stewart M. Hoover -- Religious authority in the media age / Stewart M. Hoover -- The media and religious authority from ancient to modern / Peter Horsfield -- Media and (vicarious) religion : two levels of religious authority / Alf Linderman -- Religious authority and social media branding in a culture of religious celebrification / Pauline Hope Cheong -- Satellite publics : moral identity and new media in Moroccan Islam / Bahíyyah Maroon -- Examining all the realms of nature : evidence, insight, and the quest for knowledge in modern Thailand / Emily Zeamer -- Cyber memorial zones and shamanic inheritance in Korea / Joonseong Lee -- Baadaass mamas : race, sex, and afro-religiosity in Sankofa / Montré Aza Missouri -- Techno-vodou : transnational flows in the spiritual marketplace / Alexandra Boutros -- Evangelical media for youth and religious authority in Brazil / Karina Kosicki Bellotti -- The authority of the image : sex, religion, and the text/image conflict in Craig Thompson's Blankets / Christine Hoff Kraemer -- Afterword : the media and religious authority / Lynn Schofield Clark.

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