Sacralising signals for the institution and the individual: KZN and the LDS church's approach to radio as a new medium
This study examines LDS Church discourse about radio to better understand the religion's adoption of the medium during its formative years, namely 1922-1927. Steve Wurtzler's transcription-signification lens is connected to LDS belief in individual and institutional revelation in order to...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis
[2015]
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Culture and religion
Year: 2015, Volume: 16, Issue: 3, Pages: 327-343 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Mormon Church
/ Media
/ Radio station
/ Sacralization
/ History 1920-1930
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CD Christianity and Culture KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDH Christian sects RH Evangelization; Christian media |
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| Summary: | This study examines LDS Church discourse about radio to better understand the religion's adoption of the medium during its formative years, namely 1922-1927. Steve Wurtzler's transcription-signification lens is connected to LDS belief in individual and institutional revelation in order to explore the Church's hopes and fears surrounding radio as a new communication medium. LDS leaders used radio technology discursively as a metaphor for communicating with God, as a way to explain his existence and power, and as a means for reconciling science and religion. This discourse worked effectively to balance tensions between hierarchical control and individual agency by establishing radio as a sacred and powerful means of communication and a blessing for all within the religious community. |
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| ISSN: | 1475-5610 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Culture and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14755610.2015.1083456 |