Strong religion, zealous media Christian fundamentalism and communication in India / [electronic resource] :
Pradip Ninan Thomas.
- Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xvii, 207 p.)
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Section I: Locating the study -- Christian fundamentalism and other fundamentalisms -- Christian fundamentalism and the media -- Christianity in India -- Pentecostalism and neo-Pentecostalism : the global and the local -- Section II: Theory and concepts -- Bourdieu, Christianity, and mediated Christianity in India -- Section III: The cultural/media practices of Christian fundamentalism -- The changing nature of Christian broadcasting in India -- Cyber-contestations : Christian and Hindu fundamentalisms on the web -- Benny Hinn's festival of blessings : the analysis of a Christian crusade in India -- Section IV: Towards another religious communication -- Communication and the search for inter-subjective futures.