Religion as Mediation

Why and how is it productive to conceptualize religion as mediation? In this article, I 1) rehearse the intellectual trajectory of the move from studying the implications of the adoption of new mass media into religious practices to a broader idea of religion as a practice of mediation; 2) address s...

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Published in:Entangled Religions
Main Author: Meyer, Birgit 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Ruhr-Universität Bochum [2020]
In: Entangled Religions
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Religione / Mediazione
RelBib Classification:AA Study of religion
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AE Psychology of religion
AX Inter-religious relations
Further subjects:B sensational form
B immanent and transcendent
B Plurality
B Media
B Mediazione
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Summary:Why and how is it productive to conceptualize religion as mediation? In this article, I 1) rehearse the intellectual trajectory of the move from studying the implications of the adoption of new mass media into religious practices to a broader idea of religion as a practice of mediation; 2) address some criticisms raised with regard to the concept of religion-as-mediation from my position in the interface of anthropology and religious studies; 3) discuss the evocation of a sense of transcendence through sensational forms, and 4) by way of an outlook, pinpoint how conceptualizing religion as mediation is useful to unpack religious plurality.
ISSN:2363-6696
Contains:Enthalten in: Entangled Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.13154/er.11.2020.8444