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Brazil: Africa-oriented cults in, 8, 9, 54–55, 60, CNN, 259, 264
69n5; Assembly of God in, 55, 70n13; “civil Consumerism and Hinduism, 18, 260–267
religion” movement in, 58; clash between Crivela, Bishop Marcelo, 64–67, 70n19
media and Universal Church of the King- Culture industry, 15–19
dom of God in, 55–57, 69n6; drug traf-
¤ckers in, 56, 69n11; evangelical television Dangor, Suleiman, 170, 181n13
airtime in, 69n9; favelas in, 56, 69n11; kid- Darshana, 286n13
napping of television mogul’s daughter in, Da"wa movement, 31–32, 35–48, 49n5, 49–
58–59; Pentecostals branded as disruptive 50n8
presence in, 57; poverty in Rio de Janeiro, Dil se (From the Heart), 280
56–57, 67; prayers at public events in, 58; Din, 31, 34
Presbyterian pastor in, 69n11; religious Dirks, Nicholas, 280, 287n26
af¤liations of public ¤gures and media in, Documentary ¤lms. See Films and videos
57; religious freedom in, 69n6; television Dress of Muslim women, 118, 121, 123–125,
and Universal Church of the Kingdom of 128nn16–17,19, 210, 223n21
God (UCKG) in, 52–54; Universal Church Drug traf¤cking, 56, 69n11
of the Kingdom of God in, 8–9, 52–68; vio- DTH (Direct-to-Home) technology, 264, 267
lence in, 56–57, 58; weakening of Catholi- Dunner, Rabbi Pini, 84, 85
cism in, 8, 52–56, 58, 61
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Education: in Mali, 139–140, 147n13; and
170, 259 new Muslim public sphere, 122–123, 127–
British television, 170, 212, 259 128n15; of women in Muslim countries,
The Broad and the Narrow Path, 301 123, 128n17, 140
Bryson, Ian, 190, 201n4, 202n8 Egypt: advertising on television in, 211–
Bush, George W., 10, 103, 106 217, 219–220, 222–223n14, 223nn15–16,
224n22; call to prayer in, 214–216, 223n19;
Cassette sermons: commercial aspects of, 36; cassette sermons in, 2, 8, 29–49; da"iya as
critique of media entertainment by, 42; and Muslim citizen in, 37–39; da"wa movement
da"iya as Muslim citizen, 37–39; and da"wa, in, 31–32, 35–48, 49n5, 49–50n8; market-
31–32, 35–48; and dialogic conditions, 43– ing research in, 213, 222n13; musalsal on
45; in Egypt, 2, 8, 29–49; examples of, 33, television in, 223n17, 224n23; and Mus-
34, 37, 38, 44, 45; by Haidara in Mali, 13, lim Brotherhood, 31–32, 36, 42; national in-
140–144, 145, 148n24; and public sphere of stitutions in, and da"wa, 41–43, 49–50n8;
and da"wa movement, 47–49; and taxi talk Ramadan Riddles (Fawazir Ramadan) televi-
in Cairo, 32–37; and virtues of civic debate, sion program in, 2, 16–17, 207–221, 221n2,
45–47 224–225n25; taxi talk and cassette sermons
Castells, Manuel, 2, 5, 11 in Cairo, 32–37; television in, generally,
Catholicism: and Afro-Brazilian cults, 54–55; 222n11, 223n15; virtues of civic debate in,
and Charismatic renewal, 19, 296; huge 45–47
spectacles promoted by the Vatican, 68n2; Egyptian Radio and Television Union
and image as site of devotion, 301; and (ERTU), 219, 222n12
media in Brazil, 55–57, 71n22; Pentecostals’ Eickelman, Dale F., 5, 6, 7
attack on, 107; weakening of, in Brazil, 8, Electronic media. See Media
52–56, 58, 61 Emu Ritual at Ruguri, 190
Censorship of the media, 178 Entertainment: and American Christianity,
Central Forum for Worldwide Jewish Out- 19; critique of, by cassette sermons in
reach, 80 Egypt, 42; and religion, 15–19. See also
Chabad, 102–103 Films and videos
Chador, 121, 128n19 ERTU (Egyptian Radio and Television
Chassidim, 101, 109n5 Union), 219, 222n12
Chatterjee, Partha, 258, 273, 278
Chidester, David, 169, 180n4 Family law: in Mali, 126n1, 148n25; in Pales-
Christian fundamentalism. See Pentecostalism tine, 12, 115–126, 126n1, 127n8
Civil society, 3, 20n3 Fatwas (learned opinions), 21n7
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