From Stone to Digital Screen : Gothic Cathedrals and Local Iconic Churches as Hybrid Media Spaces

著者名：Guzek, Damian

Cambridge University Press（2026/06/18発売）

• 言語：ENG
• ISBN：9781009849210
• eISBN：9781009849197

Description

Written against the backdrop of ten years of visits and studies in 220 Gothic cathedrals, Gothic iconic local churches, and neo-Gothic cathedrals, this Element examines the idea of historical religious structures as 'hybrid media spaces' using grounded theory and communication and media approaches to capture the processes of communicating and erasing Christian processes of excommunicating in contemporary secular society. They show that at the current pace of societal conditions, cathedrals and iconic churches labeled as Gothic style are becoming the new platform for religious hybrid media practices and connections between religious and non-religious approaches.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction; 2. Religious Authority and Religious Buildings; 3. Religious Media User Reflexivity; 4. Locating Religion in a Hybrid Media Space; 5. Exploring Critical Heritage Discourse; 6. Religious Objects in a Hybrid Media Space; 7. Religious Communities Go Hybrid; 8. Consequences: Hypermediality; 9. Consequences: Into a New Form of a Secular Sacred; 10. Conclusion: Re-reading Gothic; Methodological Appendix.