The Apparatus of Belief: Prayer, Technology, and Ritual Gesture

Through a focus on the early history of a mass mediated ritual practice, this essay describes the “apparatus of belief,” or the specific ways in which individual religious belief has become intimately related to tele-technologies such as the radio. More specifically, this paper examines prayers that...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Anderson Blanton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2016-06-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/7/6/69