From Jesus to the internet : a history of Christianity and media / Peter Horsfield.
From Jesus to the internet : a history of Christianity and media / Peter Horsfield.
From Jesus to the internet : a history of Christianity and media / Peter Horsfield.
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Publisher
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
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G 2016/2159
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 322 pages ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
What's this book about? -- What do we mean by Christianity? -- What do we mean by media? -- Media and the historical development of Christianity -- 1.In the Beginning -- The social and media context -- Jesus in his media context -- Remaking Jesus in speech and performance -- 2.Making Jesus Gentile -...
Constructing time -- Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History -- The scriptures as text and artifact -- 6.The Latin Translation -- Latin roots -- After the fall -- Monasteries and manuscripts -- Written Latin and the consolidation of medieval Christendom -- 7.Christianity in the East -- The Church of the Ea...
Protestant mission -- 12.Electrifying Sight and Sound -- The technologies of the audiovisual -- Christianity and the twentieth-century media world -- Mainline mediation -- The Evangelical Coalition -- Fundamentalism and Pentecostalism -- 13.The Digital Era -- The empire of digital capitalism -- Digi...
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Publisher
Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2015.
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Summary
From Jesus to the Internet examines Christianity as a mediated phenomenon, paying particular attention to how various forms of media have influenced and developed the Christian tradition over the centuries. It is the first systematic survey of this topic and the author provides those studying or interested in the intersection of religion and media...
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From Jesus to the internet : a history of Christianity and media / Peter Horsfield.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2016/2159
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74VKVP04KAp3
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ISBN
9781118447383 (paperback)
1118447379 (hardback)
9781118447376 (hardback)
1118447387 (paperback)
DDC
261.5209
MMS ID
991023996215102626
