Mediating piety : technology and religion in contemporary Asia / / edited by Francis Khek Gee Lim.

• Superior document: Social sciences in Asia, v. 26
• TeilnehmendeR: Lim, Francis Khek Gee.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Social sciences in Asia ; v. 26.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282950649; 9786612950643; 9047440749
• ISSN: 1567-2794
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Francis Khek Gee Lim.

A timely and groundbreaking work, here is a comprehensive analysis of the interactions between religion and technology in Asia today. How does the use of technology affect people's experience of spirituality and the formation of religious identity and community? How do developments in the latest technological breakthroughs such as the Internet influence the ways people constitute themselves as social beings, and how does it shape their experience of the sacred and the divine? Conversely, to what extent, and in what ways do religious beliefs and practices shape people’s attitude towards new technology and its deployment? Combining wide-ranging empirical investigations and sophisticated theoretical reflections, this book demonstrates how the technological and the religious often intersect with the political, thereby elucidating the complex relationships between spirituality, social and identity formation, sovereignty and power.