ISBN: 9780253015242    Publisher: Indiana University Press Year of publishing: 2014     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 368        Language: English

Following political liberalization in Africa, religious leaders and activists have appropriated radio and television stations, newspapers and magazines, computers, and mobile phone networks for strengthening and expanding their communities, gaining public recognition for their organizations, promoting interreligious dialogue, or inciting religious violence. Claiming that media are rarely neutral vehicles of expression, New Media and Religious Transformation in Africa considers the challenges of balancing freedom of expression with freedom of religion. Contributors to this multidisciplinary volume explore the transformation of the religious messages, experiences, values, and practices brought about by the expanded use of media on the African continent.
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Rosalind I. J. Hackett is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is author of Displacing the State: Religion and Conflict in Neoliberal Africa. She is President of the International Association for the History of Religions.Benjamin F. Soares is an anthropologist and Chair of the research staff at the Afrika-Studiecentrum in Leiden, The Netherlands. He is author of Islam and the Prayer Economy: History and Authority in a Malian Town.
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