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Subject(s)

• Religion—Computer network resources [Browse]

Editor

• Campbell, Heidi, 1970- [Browse]
• Cheong, Pauline Hope, 1977- [Browse]

Series

Oxford handbooks [More in this series]

Summary note

"Digital Religion refers to the contemporary practice and understanding of religion in both online and offline contexts, and how these contexts intersect with each other. Scholars in this growing field recognize that religion has been influenced by its engagement with computer-mediated digital spaces, including not only the Internet, but other emerging technologies, such as mobile phones, digital wearables, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The Oxford Handbook of Digital Religion provides a comprehensive overview of religion as seen and performed through various platforms and cultural spaces created by digital technology. The text covers religious interaction with a wide range of digital media forms (including social media, websites, gaming environments, virtual and augmented realities, and artificial intelligence) and highlights examples of technological engagement and negotiation within the major world religions (i.e., Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, and Judaism). Additional sections cover the global manifestations of religious community, identity, ethics, and authority, with a final group of chapters addressing emerging technologies and the future of the field. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the project, the Handbook is led by co-editors representing the humanistic and social scientific fields of religious studies and communication, though both also have experience in how those disciplines intersect"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Introduction to the study of digital religion / Heidi A. Campbell and Pauline Hope Cheong
• Religious engagement with social media
• Christianity and digital media: different traditions and different aims / Stefan Gelfgren
• Buddhism and digital media / Daniel Veidlinger.

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ISBN

• 9780197549803 (hardcover)
• 0197549802 (hardcover)

LCCN

2023057286

OCLC

1428040461

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