Religion online : how digital technology is changing the way we worship and pray / August E. Grant, Amanda F.C. Sturgill, Chiung Hwang Chen, and Daniel A. Stout, editors.
Volume 1: Religion in cyberspace. Introduction : religion in cyberspace / August E. Grant, Daniel A. Stout -- Posting, sharing, and religious testifying : new rituals in the online religious environment / Kris Boyle, Jared Hansen, Spencer Christensen -- From Facebook to Instagram : the role of social media in religious communities / Lee Farquhar -- Cultural communities of religion in the digital landscape / Cecile S. Holmes -- Artificial intelligence : its future uses in religious compassion / Amanda F.C. Sturgill -- Salvation by algorithm : when big data meets God / Heidi D. Blossom, Jeffrey S. Wilkinson, Alexander Gorelik, Stephen D. Perry -- Spiritual bazaars and marketplaces of faith : Beliefnet and the lifestyle branding of religion in the digital age / Cheryl A. Casey -- The internet as religion : how online media is altering worship and belief among Catholic priests / Brian Altenhofen -- Accessibility and congregational web sites / Norman E. Youngblood, Susan A. Youngblood -- A virtual space for all : how religious organizations use web sites to meet the spiritual and informational needs of believers, seekers, and skeptics / John G. Wirtz, David W. Ross -- Online-ritual and the active participation of the faithful : digital technology and the Roman Catholic liturgy / Jack Turner -- When Foucault met Deleuze in a cybercafé : Won Buddhist cybercafés and mind-assessing diaries / Joonseong Lee -- The militarization of religions in the digital age / Sulaiman A. Osho -- Online meditation, yoga, and rising interest in Eastern philosophy / Nandini Bhalla -- Religion, entertainment, and ritual : from the Old Testament to tomorrow / T. Phillip Madison, Do Kyun Kim, William R. Davie -- Festivals in the digital age : the internet's role in cultural religions from "deadheads" to "parrotheads" to "spreadheads" / Ian Case Punnett -- Lady Gaga's little monsters : dimensions of neoreligiosity / Rebecca Ann Lind. -- Volume 2. Faith groups and digital media. Volume 2: Faith groups and digital media. Introduction : faith groups and digital media : a landscape of adoption, adaptation, and disruption / August E. Grant, Amanda F.C. Sturgill -- Roman Catholicism in the digital age / Mary Catherine Kennedy -- Mainline Protestantism and the internet / Amanda F.C. Sturgill -- American evangelical gaming culture : a case study approach / Gregory Perreault, Corrina Laughlin -- Internet as battleground : challenging and reasserting Mormon authority in the digital age / Chiung Hwang Chen -- The Amish and Anabaptists in the digital age / Ian Case Punnett -- Seventh-day Adventists in the digital age / Allan Novaes -- Orthodoxy Christianity in the digital age / Jack Turner -- Orthodox Judaism / Yoel Cohen -- Conservative Judaism in the digital age / Ruth Tsuria -- Reform Judaism in the digital age / Amy A. Ritchart -- Muslims in the digital age / Khadija Ejaz -- Hindu Sanatan dharma and digital media adaptation in South Asia / Binod C. Agrawal -- Hinduism goes online : digital media and HinduismIn the diaspora / Semontee Mitra -- Jainism discourse in the wake of digital media / Binod C. Agrawal, Komal Shah -- Digital media and global Buddhism / Beverley McGuire -- Scientology in the digital age / Anthony Hatcher -- New age and new religious movements and the internet / Amanda F.C. Sturgill.
Summary:
"Religion Online provides new insights about religiosity in a contemporary context, offering a comprehensive look at the intersection of digital media, faith communities, and practices of all sorts"-- Provided by publisher.
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