03 Jan 2009
Generation Faithful: Preaching Moderate Islam

I suspect that those hopeful for the spread of a moderate version of Islam via the tube will ultimately be disappointed - electronic media lend themselves to extremism, as evidenced by the plethora of fundie Christian religious programming in the US. In fact, I can't think of any "liberal" Christian televangelists.

I've often wondered what Heathen themed video might look like. The AFA recently posted some videos covering the 12 days of Yule,but the production values are nowhere near those of the major religions. I'm sure this is due entirely to a lack of funds, but still, despite McNallen's personal charisma the message falls flat. I'm sure it would fall even flatter to the uninitiated, to those not familiar with the theology/ethics of Heathenry.

We've had Heathen radio, but that eventually died due to a lack of funds/interest as well. There are several still extant Heathen podcasts, but that's about the limit of our multimedia efforts.

I'm just thinking out loud here - I certainly don't have the funding necessary for an effort that would match Christian or Muslim media productions, and I'm not sure that Heathenry ever will. But I wonder ... what would it look like?

The religion-themed television shows of a new generation of “satellite sheiks” have helped fuel a religious revival across the Arab world.

(link) [New York Times]

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