the center’s conference: media and religion: the global view was held at the university of colorado boulder on january 9-12, 2014. the conference was designed to explore religion in the 21st century as it relates to media and its global applications and implications. this conference brought together an interdisciplinary community of scholars for focused conversations on emerging issues in media and religion. each has proven to be an important landmark in the development of theory and method in its respective area and has resulted in important collaborations, publications, and resources for further research and dialogue. invited speakers included: pradip thomas, university of queensland, australia; magali do nascimento cunha, universidade metodista de são paulo, brazil; kwabena asamoah-gyadu, trinity theological seminary, accra, ghana; and jane little, religious affairs correspondent at the bbc world service and religion editor at public radio international’s the world.