Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and index.
Contents
McDonaldisation, Masala McGospel and om economics -- Charismatic televangelism : the global, evolving spirit -- Televangelism in India's context : historical and cultural issues -- The construction of charismatic televangelism in India -- Hindu televangelism : the economics of orthopraxy -- Interpreting charismatic televangelism : pastors and the divided church -- Interpreting charismatic televangelism : Hindu leaders and the contested nation -- The mediation of charismatic televangelism -- Faith's flows, fragments, and futures.
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Summary
This text looks at religion in a transnational and global context and presents a systematic account of the methods undertaken by modern day missionaries to convert people. The author seeks to understand the outworking of the American phenomenon of televangelism in India.