Seeing Things

Mason Kamana Allred is assistant professor of communication, media, and culture at Brigham Young University.

Seeing Things is an engaging text that sits at the crossroads of several fields. . . . Allred provides readers with a robust addition to both media and religious studies that hints at the academic potential that lies behind cross-disciplinary studies."--Reading Religion Allred articulates in this ambitious entry some fascinating connections between Latter-day Saint theology, technology, and identity formation . . . . Deeply conversant in critical theory, the author establishes inventive arguments supported by examples that convincingly show the range of media's power to change culture. Scholars of religion or media will find much to consider."--Publishers Weekly Getting a better look at how everyday Mormons navigated the shifting landscape of belief in a disenchanted world is a highlight of this book. . . . Allred teaches his readers about art's entanglement in this arena."--Journal of the American Academy of Religion Historians will find much to love in Seeing Things. . . . Mason Allred has produced an impressive demonstration of how religion, culture, and media have intersected in dynamic and revealing ways across the evolution of one of America's most significant societal forces."--Southwestern Historical Quarterly