宗教のメディア・コミュニケーション論百科事典 Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media (Religion and Society (Routledge))

Stout, Daniel A. (EDT)

Routledge（2006/12発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 467 p.／サイズ 40 b/w illus.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780415969468
• DDC分類 201.6

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2006. Communication is an essential part of religion: communication between believers, between religious leaders and followers, between proponents of different faiths, and even between practitioners and the deities. The Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media explores all forms of religious communication worldwide and historically, with a special emphasis on oral and written forms of communication.

Full Description

Communication is at the heart of all religions. As an essential aspect of religion, communication occurs between believers, between religious leaders and followers, between proponents of different faiths, and even between practitioners and the deities. The desire to communicate with as well as convert others is also an aspect of some of the world's major religions.The Encyclopedia of Religion, Communication, and Media explores all forms of religious communication worldwide and historically, with a special emphasis on oral and written forms of communication. This A-Z organized reference work analyzes how and why the world's religions have used different means of communications through topics dealing with:theory and concepts in religious communication, including rhetoric, persuasion, performance, brainwashing, and moreforms of verbal communication, such as chanting, speaking in tongues, preaching, or prayingforms of written communication, such as religious texts, parables, mystical literature, and modern Christian publishingother forms of communication, including art, film, and sculpturereligious communication in public life, from news coverage and political messages to media evangelism and the electronic churchcommunication processes and their effects on religious communication, including non-sexist language, communication competence, or interfaith dialoguebiographies of major religious communicators, including Muhammad, Jesus, Aristotle, Gandhi, and Martin Luther.From the presence of religion on the internet to the effects of religious beliefs on popular advertising, communication and media are integral to religion and the expression of religious belief. With its international and multicultural coverage, this Encyclopedia is an essential and unique resource for scholars, students, as well as the general reader interested in religion, media, or communications.

Contents

Entries includeApparel. Art. Audicne. Bah'i. Bells. Black Spiritual Churches. Body decoration. Books. Bookstores. Boycotts. Buddhism. Calender. Canonization. Catholicism. Censorship. Chanting. Charisma. Choirs. Clock. Commemoration