From Sacred Text to Internet

Contents: Preface; Part I: Introduction, Gwilym Beckerlegge; Jesus in history and film, Steve Moyise and Joanne Pearson; Hindu sacred images for the mass market, Gwilym Beckerlegge; Representing western Buddhism: a United Kingdom focus, Helen Waterhouse; Representing Islam: the ’Islamization’ of Egyptian society 1970-2000, David Herbert; Computer-mediated religion: religion on the Internet at the turn of the 21st century, Gwilym Beckerlegge; The characterization of Jesus, William R. Telford; The embodiment of divinity in India, Joanne Punzo Waghorne; Popular street images, James J. Preston; The construction of the popular, Purnima Mankekar; Buddhism in Europe: past, present, prospects, Martin Baumann; Who is a Buddhist? Charting the landscape of Buddhist America, Jan Nattier; Dramatic reversals: political Islam and Egyptian television, Lila Abu-Lughod; ’Doubt and confusion’: questions online, Gary R. Bunt; Index.