Reconsidering mediatization of religion: Islamic televangelism in India

@article{Eisenlohr2017ReconsideringMO,
  title={Reconsidering mediatization of religion: Islamic televangelism in India},
  author={Patrick Eisenlohr},
  journal={Media, Culture \& Society},
  year={2017},
  volume={39},
  pages={869 - 884}
}
  • P. Eisenlohr
  • Published 1 September 2017
  • Political Science
  • Media, Culture & Society
This article proposes a rethinking of religion and mediatization by differentiating between two intersections of religion and media, public religion and religious mediation. I argue that whenever religious change that can be usefully described as mediatization occurs it can best be captured as an effect resulting from the interaction of these two dimensions. Extending the debate on religion and mediatization beyond Christian North Atlantic contexts, I compare two instances of Islamic… 
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