Stephen M. Croucher and Tina M. Harris (Eds. Religion Communication: An Anthology of Extensions in Theory, Research, Method
Scholarship on communication and religion has increased substantially over the last several decades. Currently, there are two journals devoted explicitly to communication and religion: the Journal of Communication and Religion, sponsored by the Religious Communication Association, covering all aspects of communication and religion, and the Journal of Media and Religion, targeting a specific area of the communication field. Several edited volumes devoted to specific aspects of communication and religion, including religion and mediated communication (e.g. Geybels, Mels, Walvare, 2009; Hoover Clark, 2002) the interrelationship of evangelicalism and communicative elements of popular culture (Woods, 2013) Augustine and philosophy of communication (Troup, 2014) interreligious dialogue (Brown, 2013) and religion in the digital sphere (Campbell, 2013) offer detailed insights and new theoretical approaches to help us understand the constitutive, constituted, causal, shaping, and=or formative role of religion, faith perspectives, belief systems, and worldviews in communicative activity. Religion and Communication: An Anthology of Extensions in Theory, Research, and Method, edited by Stephen M. Croucher and Tina M. Harris, contributes to this ongoing conversation by offering an eclectic collection addressing the intersection of religion and communication across a range of contexts. This ambitious volume, designed to offer exemplary treatments of areas that are part of the expansive literature in communication and religion and illustrating the 'complex nature of communication and how it is used Mass Communication and Society, 18:851 854, 2015 Copyright Mass Communication Society Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication ISSN: 1520 5436 print=1532 7825 online DOI: 10.1080/15205436.2014.933849