Mass Media Religion: The Social Sources of the Electronic Church

by Stewart M. Hoover

Book Overview

Mass Media Religion considers and explores the implications of the evergrowing religious broadcasting media in terms of their social and political contexts. The author reviews both the historical origins of fundamentalist and neo-evangelical responses to the crisis of modernity and the historical development of the electronic church. He includes a series of interviews with representative viewers, discussing their beliefs, experiences, worldviews,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803929943
• ISBN13: 9780803929944
• Release Date: November 1988
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.