In an era of heightened globalization, macro-level transformations in the general socioeconomic and cultural makeup of modern societies have been studied in great depth. Yet little attention has been paid to the growing influence of media and mass-mediated popular culture on contemporary religious sensibilities, life, and practice. Religion, Media, and Social Change explores the correlation between the study of religion, media, and popular culture and broader sociological theorizing on religious change. Contributions devote serious attention to broadly-defined media including technologies, institutions, and social and cultural environments, as well as mass-mediated popular culture such as film, music, television, and computer games. This interdisciplinary collection addresses important theoretical and methodological questions by connecting the study of media and popular culture to current perspectives, approaches, and discussions in the broader sociological study of religion.

Kennet Granholm is Docent in Comparative Religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland and Assistant Professor in the History of Religions at Stockholm University, Sweden

Marcus Moberg is Academy of Finland Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Comparative Religion at Åbo Akademi University, Finland

Sofia Sjö is Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Comparative Religion at Åbo Academy University, Finland