Digital Humanities and Religions in Asia : : An Introduction / / ed. by L.W.C. van Lit, James Harry Morris.

• HerausgeberIn: Morris, James Harry ,; van Lit, L.W.C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2023]; 2024
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Introductions to Digital Humanities - Religion ; 3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (VIII, 332 p.)

In pre-modern religions in the geographical context of Asia we encounter unique scripts, number systems, calendars, and naming conventions. These can make Western-built technologies - even tools specifically developed for digital humanities - an ill fit to our needs. The present volume explores this struggle and the limitations and potential opportunities of applying a digital humanities approach to pre-modern Asian religions. The authors cover Buddhism, Christianity, Daoism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism and Shintoism with chapters categorized according to their focus on: 1) temples, 2) manuscripts, 3) texts, and 4) social media. Thus, the volume guides readers through specific methodologies and practical examples while also providing a critical reflection on the state of the field, pushing the interface between digital humanities and pre-modern Asian religions into new territory.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- The Digital Humanities and the History of Religion in Asia: An Introduction -- Temples -- BulgyoLoc, a Geographical Approach to Korean Buddhism: From the Three Kingdoms Period to Current Koreas through Korean Buddhist Temples -- Rock-Carved Buddhist Images on Mt. P'algong: An Exploration of the Utility of GIS Analysis in Art Historical Research -- Manuscripts -- DREAMSEA Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia. A Multiple Religious and Cultural Digitization Experience -- Getting Ready for the CV Revolution -- The (Hyper)Text of the Hebrew Bible / Old Testament: Digital and Online Environments - Their Impact on Considerations on the Text, Its Reconstruction, and Its History -- Digital Orientalism? Philology, Digital Methodologies, and Reflections on the Study of Primary Sources to North Indian Religions -- Texts -- Peter Flügel The Jaina Prosopography Database: A New Tool for the Humanities -- Daoist Immortals as a Poetic Image in the Tang Dynasty: A Corpus Study -- Missiology in the Digital Age: Challenges and Opportunities for the Study of Pre-Modern Christianity in Japan -- Social Media -- Gonojagoron Monchos of the 2013 Shahbag Protests in Bangladesh: "Religions" and Digital Media -- On Kami and Avatars: Social Media Literacy and Academics as Public Intellectuals -- Consuming Shinto, Feeding the Algorithm: Exploring the Impact of Social Media Software on Global Religious Aesthetic Formations -- Conclusion: Surprising Effects of the Digital Turn -- Subject index