Marie-Therese Mäder

Documentary Media and Religious Communities

The article considers four spaces where media processes involve religious communities and agents: the spaces of production, of representation, of media communication, and of distribution network and institutional framework for circulation. These four spaces systematise the research question posed to the specific source. Furthermore the concept documentary media as viewed from a semio-pragmatic perspective is introduced. Discussion of the commercial series I’m a Mormon shows how different modes define documentary media according to the four spaces.

Galaxien, die nie ein Mensch zuvor gesehen hat: Film in der religionswissenschaftlichen Lehre

Was haben Science-Fiction-Filme mit Religion und Gender zu tun? Und welche Vorteile bringt der Film als Vermittlungsinstrument in der Lehre mit sich? Zwei Religionswissenschaftlerinnen berichten von ihrer Lehrerfahrung in einem Blockseminar in Frankfurt am Main.