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RELIGION

The Electronic Recovering
Church in the Jewishness
Digital Age Modern Identities

Cultural Impacts of Reclaimed
Evangelical Mass Media FREDERICK S. RODEN

2 VOLUMES “ Roden writes clearly,
MARK WARD SR., EDITOR explaining the literature
FOREWORD BY DANIEL A. STOUT and offering erudite
commentary that will
This two-volume set investigates
November 2015 the evangelical presence in February 2016 prompt readers to delve
611pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 America as experienced through 277pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 into the primary sources.
Print: 978-1-4408-2990-1 digital media, examining current Print: 978-1-4408-3774-6 Highly recommended.
$131.00, £101.00, €120.00 $60.00, £47.00, €55.00 All academic levels/
”
eBook: 978-1-4408-2991-8 evangelical ideologies regarding eBook: 978-1-4408-3775-3 libraries.
education, politics, family, and
government. —Choice, October 3, 2016
FEATURES Judaism and Jewish life reflect a diversity of identity after the
• Compares and contrasts evangelical media across time and past two centuries of modernization. This work examines how
across platforms the early reformers of the 19th century and their legacy into
the 20th century created a livable, liberal Jewish identity that
allowed a reinvention of what it meant to be Jewish—a process
MARK WARD SR., PhD, is assistant professor of communication
at the University of Houston-Victoria. that continues today.

FREDERICK S. RODEN, PhD, is associate professor of English at
Remote Virtue the University of Connecticut.
A Christian Guide
to Intentional Disability, Faith,
Media Viewing and the Church

JEN LETHERER Inclusion and
“ is wise, insightful, and Accommodation
This splendid book
in Contemporary
practical. You’ll appreciate Congregations
TV and movies more, be
a more discerning and COURTNEY WILDER
October 2015
200pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 informed viewer, and know “ Not only serves as a useful
Print: 978-1-4408-3708-1 how to discuss the latest introduction to disability
$37.00, £29.00, €34.00 ones with friends and April 2016 in religious contexts but
”
eBook: 978-1-4408-3709-8 family. 158pp, 6 1/8x9 1/4 also carefully takes on
Print: 978-1-4408-3884-2
—Quentin J. Schultze, Professor $37.00, £29.00, €34.00 many of the significant and
of Communication Emeritus, eBook: 978-1-4408-3885-9 persistent issues in the field
”
Calvin College, today.
August 24, 2015
—Deborah Beth Creamer, Director of Accreditation, Association
This introduction to media literacy from a Christian perspective of Theological Schools, February 1, 2016
provides the tools to find and assess the beneficial—or harmful— Including both theoretical discussions and practical information
ideologies depicted in notable films, programs, and trends.
for congregational use or pastoral use, this rich, accessible book
explores biblical text, historical and theological issues of disability,
JEN LETHERER teaches film studies, theater, and writing for and examples of successful ministry by people with disabilities.
the Department of Communication and Media at Spring Arbor
University.
COURTNEY WILDER, PhD, is professor of religion at Midland
University, Fremont, NE.
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