“Religion today is much more a public, commodified, therapeutic and personalized set of practices than it has been in the past. At the same time, the media … are collectively coming to constitute a realm where important projects of ‘The self’ take place – projects that include spiritual, transcendent, and deeply meaningful ‘work.’ … religion and media are increasingly converging … on a common turf: the everyday world of lived experience.” S. Hoover
“I suspect that [the de-institutionalization of religion] is not a de-institutionalization at all, but a re-institutionalization of religious faith within the institutions of commercial mass media.” P. Horsfield
“Images … [are not] …ancillary illustrations to the ‘real’ nature of religion as theology, creed, sermon, or clergy. Instead, images and the manner in which they are used are primary forms of evidence – visual evidence; they are, materially speaking, religion at work.” D. Morgan
REQUIRED READING :
Mahan, Jeffrey H., Media, Religion and Culture: An Introduction Routledge, 2014 NOTE: The book releases late May in England, but will not be available in the US until mid-summer. If you would like to own a copy you can pre-order on Amazon and presumably the ecopy will be available sooner. I am also posting page proofs here and have posted individual chapters for the week they are due to be discussed below. The posted material may not be distributed outside the class.
Purchase and read ONE of the following (to be discussed Week Seven). Sign up for the appropriate reading group at the Choose Your Additional Reading tab below:
Choose a second book to read and discuss from the Required Reading list in the syllabus. Confirm your selection by clicking the tab on the Canvas site which will assign you to the related Reading Group on Canvas . There is room for up to seven people in each reading group. Once the groups are established we will set a time during week seven for your group to meet in Google Hangout to discuss the book and plan a reading report to share with the class the following week.
See Taylor Library's list of online book sellers for purchasing options.
Instructor Information
Learning Goals
Requirements and Grades
Policies
Choose Your Additional Reading
COURSE OUTLINE for Canvas Site.summer.14 (6) (1).docx
Additional Resources
Technology Issues : If you need assistance managing Canvas and/or Google Hangouts please contact Help Desk or call them at 303-909-9321. Please leave a message and the staff will get back to you as soon as possible. They are typically available 8:30AM - 7:00ish in the Mountain Time Zone.
Date | Day | Details | |
Jun 16, 2014 | Mon | Preparatory Tasks | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 16, 2014 | Mon | Sign up for Week One Google Hangouts | due by 05:59PM |
Jun 16, 2014 | Mon | Google Hangout, Monday Afternoon | due by 08:00PM |
Jun 17, 2014 | Tue | Google Hangout Tuesday, Morning | due by 04:00PM |
Jun 18, 2014 | Wed | Reading Discussion: "Relating Media, Religion and Culture" | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 18, 2014 | Wed | Google Hangout, Tuesday Evening | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 20, 2014 | Fri | Continue Reading Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 21, 2014 | Sat | Choose a Website | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 24, 2014 | Tue | Jeffrey's remarks for week 2 | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 25, 2014 | Wed | Reading Discussion: "Making and Articulating Religious Identity" and "Reading, Listening, Watching" | due by 05:59AM |
Jun 27, 2014 | Fri | Continue Reading Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 02, 2014 | Wed | Reading Discussion: "Old and New Media" | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 04, 2014 | Fri | Continue Reading Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 09, 2014 | Wed | Reading Discussion: "Organized religion in the age of digital media" and "To Censor, Shape or Engage" | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 11, 2014 | Fri | Final Project Proposal | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 11, 2014 | Fri | Continue Reading Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 16, 2014 | Wed | Reading Discussion: Believing and Practicing in the Digital World | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 18, 2014 | Fri | Continue Reading Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 22, 2014 | Tue | Sign up for Google Hangout discussion of websites | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 23, 2014 | Wed | Website Discussion:Canvas post | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 24, 2014 | Thu | Google Hangout, re websites | due by 01:00AM |
Jul 24, 2014 | Thu | Google Hangout re websites | due by 04:00PM |
Jul 24, 2014 | Thu | Google Hangout, re website | due by 08:00PM |
Jul 29, 2014 | Tue | Additional Reading Google Hangout with your small group | due by 05:59AM |
Jul 29, 2014 | Tue | Plan and Produce Additional Reading Report | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 07, 2014 | Thu | God's Behaving Badly | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 07, 2014 | Thu | IGods | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 07, 2014 | Thu | The Parent App | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 09, 2014 | Sat | Read and respond to the reading reports | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 12, 2014 | Tue | Sign up for closing Google Hangout | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 13, 2014 | Wed | Reading Discussion: "Stability and Change" | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 14, 2014 | Thu | Google Hangout, closing discussion | due by 07:30PM |
Aug 15, 2014 | Fri | Google Hangout, Closing Discussion | due by 01:00AM |
Aug 15, 2014 | Fri | Continue Reading Discussion | due by 05:59AM |
Aug 15, 2014 | Fri | Google Hangout, Closing Discussion | due by 04:00PM |
Aug 18, 2014 | Mon | Post Paper/Project | due by 05:59AM |