| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction: the rise of the study of digital religion / Heidi A. Campbell -- Ritual / Christopher Helland -- Identity / Mia Lövheim -- Community / Heidi A. Campbell -- Authority / Pauline Hope Cheong -- Authenticity / Kerstin Radde-Antweilier -- Religion / Gregory Price Grieve -- Hindu worship online and offline / Heinz Scheifinger -- Virtual Buddhism: Buddhist ritual in second life / Louise Connelly -- Playing Muslim hero: construction of identity in video games / Vit Sisler -- Digital storytelling and collective religious identity in a moderate to progressive youth group / Lynn Schoefield Clark and Jill Dierberg -- Charting frontiers of online religious communities: the case of Chabad Jews / Oren Golan -- Considering religious community through online churches / Tim Hutchings -- The kosher cell phone in ultra-Orthodox society: a technological ghetto within the global village? / Tsuriel Rashi -- Formation of a religious Technorati: negotiations of authority among Australian emerging church blogs / Paul Emerson Teusner -- Alt-Muslim: Muslims and modernity's discontents / Nabil Echchaibi -- You are what you install: religious authenticity and identity in mobile apps / Rachel Wagner -- Japanese new religions online: Hikari no Wa and "net religion" / Erica Baffelli -- "'Go online!' said my guardian angel": the Internet as a platform for religious negotiation / Nadja Miczek -- Theoretical frameworks for approaching religion and new media / Knut Lundby -- Ethical issues in the study of religion and new media / Mark D. Johns -- Theology and the new media / Stephen Garner -- Concluding thoughts: imagining the religious in and through the digital / Stewart M. Hoover |
| Summary |
"Digital Religion offers a critical and systematic survey of the study of religion and new media. It covers religious engagement with a wide range of new media forms and highlights examples of new media engagement in all five of the major world religions. From cell phones and video games to blogs and Second Life, the book provides a detailed review of major topics -- includes a series of case studies to illustrate and elucidate the thematic explorations -- considers the theoretical, ethical and theological issues raised. Drawing together the work of experts from key disciplinary perspectives, Digital Religion is invaluable for students wanting to develop a deeper understanding of the field."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Mass media in religion.
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Mass media -- Religious aspects.
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Digital media.
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RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies.
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Digital media
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Mass media in religion
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Mass media -- Religious aspects
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Massamedia.
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Sociale media.
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Digitale technieken.
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Godsdienst.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Campbell, Heidi, 1970-
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| LC no. |
2012015446 |
| ISBN |
1136194487 |
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9781136194481 |
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9780203084861 |
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0203084861 |
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9781283871686 |
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1283871688 |
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9781136194436 |
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1136194436 |
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9781136194474 |
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1136194479 |
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