Are the changes in religion’s location, the nature of religious identity and community, and the nature of religious authority that are developing in the digital age something new in the history of religion? Or, has religion always been rooted in its mediations and have religion and media changed and adapted in relationship to each other? This course explores the discourses at the interface of communications, cultural and religious studies on the mediation of religion in contemporary digital culture and in the history of religion and carry out independent research.
Conference Planning, Presentations and Papers
Syllabus.Theories of Religion and Media.winter 2016.docx
There will be essays and book chapters from work in the field assigned in other weeks. These will be posted in the calendar.
Date | Day | Details | |
Jan 07, 2016 | Thu | Reading, Week One | due by 03:30PM |
Jan 14, 2016 | Thu | Readings, Week Two | due by 03:30PM |
Jan 21, 2016 | Thu | Week Three | due by 03:30PM |
Jan 28, 2016 | Thu | Readings,Week Four | due by 03:30PM |
Feb 04, 2016 | Thu | Readings, Week Five | due by 03:30PM |
Feb 11, 2016 | Thu | Readings, Week Six | due by 03:30PM |
Feb 18, 2016 | Thu | Readings, Week Seven | due by 03:30PM |
Feb 25, 2016 | Thu | Readings, Week Eight | due by 03:30PM |
Mar 03, 2016 | Thu | Week Nine, Iliff Conference on Religion and Media | due by 03:30PM |
Mar 10, 2016 | Thu | Readings, Week Ten | due by 03:30PM |