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Religion and the internet: digital religion, (hyper)mediated spaces, and materiality. [PDF]
AbstractThis article offers theoretical reflections on the study of religion and the Internet by critically discussing the notion of “digital religion” (Campbell 2012). In particular, it stresses the importance of integrating material and spatial approaches to the study of digital religion.
Evolvi G.
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Abstract This article focuses on the role of digital media in the shift toward a “post-secular society.” Whereas classical sociologists presented technology and religion as incompatible by depicting technology’s spread as a powerful force of rationalization, disenchantment, and, ultimately, secularization, such assumptions have been ...
Heidi A. Campbell, Ruth Tsuria
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The digital atlas of American religion [PDF]
In this demonstration-paper we introduce DAAR, the Digital Atlas of American Religion (www.religionatlas.org). The DAAR is a web-based research platform with innovative data exploration and visualization tools to support research in the humanities. Using a user-centered design approach, we incorporated historic religion data on adherence, membership ...
Sharon M. Kandris +3 more
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Bridging Digital History Methods and Source Criticism: A Research Agenda for the Study of Inquisition Records [PDF]
We outline the benefits of computational modelling approaches for extracting and analysing data derived from inquisition records, while also highlighting some drawbacks of digital history methods and the dangers of their superficial application.
David Zbíral +2 more
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Framing the Study of Digital Religion: Waves of Academic Research, Theoretical Approaches and Themes
The phenomenon of “digital religion” has emerged as a research field over the past quarter century as religious experiences integrate into the digital sphere.
Yunus Ergen
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This study explores the impact of digital innovation on religious leadership in the Swiss context, based on qualitative interviews with church leaders and personnel.
Thomas Schlag +2 more
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The communication of religious ideas has followed a path that is similar to the dissemination of other types of content. The Internet and social networks have enabled the appearance of new Catholic preachers with intense activity and a high number of ...
Carmen Fuente-Cobo +2 more
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Digital platforms have empowered individuals and communities to re-negotiate long-established notions of religion and authority. A new generation of social media influencers has recently emerged in the Muslim world.
Bouziane Zaid +4 more
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Defiant hope - intercessory prayer as spiritual resistance to hopelessness in the climate crisis
This paper examines the role of intercessory prayer in how Christian climate activists from the Global North engage with the existential challenges of the climate crisis.
Tobias Adam
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Studies of digital religion frequently take democratic regime settings and developed economic contexts for granted, leaving regime and economic development levels as background factors (Campbell 2013).
Carsten Vala, Jianbo Huang
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