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Thomas, Pradip.

Strong religion, zealous media : Christian fundamentalism and communication in India / Pradip Ninan Thomas. - Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2008. - xvii, 207 p. ; 25 cm.

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.

ISBN: 9788178298344 (hbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008023447

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fundamentalism--India.
Mass media in religion--India.
Communication--India.
Mass media--India.

LC Class. No.: BT82.2 / .T48 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 306.6/751083