New Books Explore Issues of Media and Religion

Several recently published books explore some important issues related to the intersection of new media, religion and culture. "Religion Across Media", edited by Knut Lundby and out with Peter Lang-New York, explore important shifts in how religion has been conceived, enacted and interpreted across a range of media platforms and eras from print to the digital. More info can be found about it at: http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailse...

Also Mia Lovheim in her edited collection "Media, Religion and Gender: Key Issues and New Challenges" published with Routledge offers an important introduction and overview to the role gender plays in negotiating media use and religious values/representations in contemporary society. More info on this book can be found at: http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415504737/.