Spiritual Nontroversies: Framing Conflicts and Controversies of Religion and Spirituality in Danish News Media

This article analyzes two Danish news stories in order to discuss the reasons that spirituality seems to be less newsworthy than religion. Drawing on Anderson’s concept of imagined communities, and Luhmann’s account of the mass media in a modern functionally differentiated society, I argue that spir...

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Main Author: Reintoft Christensen, Henrik (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Journal of religion, media and digital culture
Year: 2019, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-75
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Denmark / Media / Religious conflict / Esotericism / Controversy / Communication
IxTheo Classification:AZ New religious movements
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B Religion and spirituality
B religion and news
B Religious
B religion and advertisement
B Clairvoyance
B Controversy
B Mindfulness
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