The Digital Social : : Religion and Belief / / ed. by Alphia Possamai-Inesedy, Alan Nixon.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• MitwirkendeR: Bainbridge, William Sims,; Bekkering, Denis J.,; Clark, Jordan D.,; Cowan, Douglas E.,; Dagistanli, Selda,; Hutchings, Tim,; Martini, Peter J.,; Nixon, Alan G.,; Nixon, Alan,; Possamai, Adam,; Possamai-Inesedy, Alphia,; Richardson, James T.,; Roose, Joshua,; Servais, Olivier,; Springer, Victoria A.,; Turner, Bryan S.,; Voyce, Malcolm,; Worthington, Lisa,
• HerausgeberIn: Nixon, Alan,; Possamai-Inesedy, Alphia ,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 69
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VI, 221 p.)

The edited volume aims to present a critical analysis of the current state of research on religion and belief systems in the realm of the ‘Digital Social’. The rapid expansion and democratization of digital technologies in conjunction with the significant shifts taking place within the practices of...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Contents
• Introduction and Overview
• Part 1: Digital Methodologies of Religion, Belief and Myth
• A Virtual Trinity
• Studying Religion and YouTube
• Studying Muslim Identity Online in Post-9/11 America: Results and Implications for Accessing Stigmatized Minority Groups
• Part 2: Digital Worldviews
• “Crap, we needed a god . . . ”: Religion, Videogames, and the Digital Social
• Emotion, Ritual and Rules of Feeling in the Study of Digital Religion
• Shari’a in Cyberspace: An analysis of Australian and US Internet Sites
• Part 3: Digital Public Spheres
• Public Atheism and ‘Islamophobia’ on Twitter
• The Study of Post-Secularization through the Digital Social
• ‘No life’ Eschatology: The Incorporation and Avatarisation of Digital Eremitism
• Index