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Tamil Mythological Cinema and the Politics of Secular Modernismium in India. Suddenly, the newly emergent medium of television appeared to be the privileged means for constituting a national Hindu community, which would also be invoked politically as part of the mass mobilization that led to the demolition of the Babri Masjid (mosque), widespread communal viole

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Breath, Technology, and the Making of Community Cançáo Nova in Brazilnstruction around the management of symbols, events, or aspirations thatcreate a sense of bonding and belonging. Anthony Cohen’s “The Symbolic Construction of Community” (1975) is a particular case in point in which communities are understood as meaningful constructs that ground the cultural inscrip

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Modes of Binding, Moments of Bonding. Mediating Divine Touch in Ghanaian Pentecostalism and Traditior. Similar testimonies of people who experienced being touched by the Holy Spirit while watching a charismatic TV broadcast abound. What can this tell us about religious bonding in the present age of mass media distraction and about the kinds of religious “communities” that ensue?

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Theorems of Euler and Descartes,re into what exactly it is that is modern about Gumi and why this is claimed by both his adherents and detractors. How might we understand the causes of this phenomenon and the forces that drive it? What does this tell us about religious movements more generally?

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Prophecy on Stage: Fame and Celebrities in the Context of the Raelian Movementrrived, the first image I saw was Raël himself on stage. Raël is the prophet and leader of the Raelian Movement. It was not the first time I had seen Raël’s image, indeed I had often seen the latter projected on stage, but I had never seen Raël in person.

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“More Sexpression Please!” Screening the Female Voice and Body in the Bangladesh Film Industry. The reel was rewound, and Shima started all over. As the image of Jenny came closer to that of her sleeping lover, Shima’s sighs became more pronounced and the small yelps that escaped from her mouth hovered between arousal and endearment.