Religion, Media and Conversion in Iran: Mediated Christianity in an Islamic Context

ISBN-13: 9780367436698 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 232 str.

Sara Afshari

Opis

Studying the reception of Farsi Christian television channels by Muslim audiences in Iran, this book uses a wealth of empirical research to explore religious conversion, making it a great resource for any scholar of Religious Studies, Media Studies and Middle East Studies, as well as religious media practitioners.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. A background  2. Religion and religiosity  3. The channels  4. Participants and the message  5. Route to ready - experimenting  6. Negotiating  7. Resisting  8. Mediatisation of religious conversion  9. Conclusion.  Index

O autorze

Sara Afshari is Research Tutor at Oxford Centre for Mission Studies (OCMS). She is a co-founder and former Executive Director of SAT-7 PARS.