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Global and Local Televangelism

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  • © 2012

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Editors:
  1. Pradip Ninan Thomas

    1. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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  2. Philip Lee

    1. World Association for Christian Communication, Toronto, Canada

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Global and Local Televangelism: An Introduction

    1. Global and Local Televangelism: An Introduction

      • Pradip N. Thomas, Philip Lee
      Pages 1-17

  4. Christian Televangelism: Branding the Global and the Local

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 85-85
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    2. Preaching the Good News Glad: Joel Osteen’s Tel-e-vangelism

      • Phillip Luke Sinitiere
      Pages 87-107

    3. The Global in the Local: The Ambivalence and Ambition of Christian Televangelism in India

      • Jonathan D. James
      Pages 108-125

    4. Hearing, Viewing, and Touched by the Spirit: Televangelism in Contemporary African Christianity

      • J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu
      Pages 126-145

  5. Hindu Televangelism: An Emerging Phenomenon

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-147
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    2. The Avatars of Baba Ramdev: The Politics, Economics, and Contradictions of an Indian Televangelist

      • Santanu Chakrabarti
      Pages 149-170

  6. Televangelism, Politics, and Popular Culture

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 171-171
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    2. From Televisuality to Social Activism: Nigerian Televangelists and Their Socio-Political Agenda

      • Walter C. Ihejirika
      Pages 173-199

    3. God’s Politicians: Pentecostals, Media, and Politics in Guatemala and Brazil

      • Dennis A. Smith, Leonildo Silveira Campos
      Pages 200-218

    4. Urban Logic and Mass Meditation in Contemporary Thailand

      • Apinya Feungfusakul
      Pages 219-233

    5. Whither Televangelism: Opportunities, Trends, Challenges

      • Pradip Ninan Thomas
      Pages 234-246

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 247-250
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About this book

An exploration of the many faces of televangelism in our world today, including Christian, Islamic and Hindu. The collection analyses the correspondences and major differences between global and local televangelism, focusing on the main individuals involved in televangelism, their practices and the social and cultural impact of their ministries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

    Pradip Ninan Thomas

  • World Association for Christian Communication, Toronto, Canada

    Philip Lee

About the editors

KWABENA ASAMOAH-GYADU Professor of Contemporary African Christianity and Pentecostal/Charismatic Theology at the Trinity Theological Seminary, Legon, Ghana APINYA FEUNGFUSAKUL Lecturer at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand WALTER C. IHEJIRIKA Senior Lecturer in Communication Studies, Department of Linguistics and Communication Studies, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria JONATHAN JAMES Researcher on Media, Religion and Culture and adjunct Lecturer at Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia YASMIN MOLL Ph.D candidate in anthropology at New York University, USA AKH MUZAKKI Lecturer at The Sunan Ampel State Institute for Islamic Studies, Surabaya, Indonesia IBRAHIM SALEH Convenor of the political communication program (Honours, MA and PhD) at the Centre for Film and Media Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa LEONILDO SILVEIRA Professor at the Methodist University of São Paulo (UMESP), Brazil PHILLIP LUKE SINITIERE Scholar of Religion in America DENNIS A. SMITH has served as a Presbyterian Church (USA) lay mission worker since 1977

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