Title: Digital religion : based on papers read at the conference arranged by the Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History, Åbo Akademi University, Åbo/Turku, Finland, on 13-15 June 2012 /
Authors: Ahlbäck, Tore, 1941-; Dahla, Björn,; Donnerska institutet för religionshistorisk och kulturhistorisk forskning.
Year: 2013
Subjects: Internet Religious aspects; Digital media Religious aspects.; Digital media Religious aspects; Internet Religious aspects
Abstract: "The theme for our symposium 2012 was 'Digital religion' and in our call for papers we described it in the following way: ''Digital Religion' aims to explore the complex relationship between religion and digital technologies of communication. Digital religion encompasses a myriad of connections and the goal of the conference is to approach the subject from multiple perspectives.'"--Editorial note, p. 5.
Contents: Television vampire fandom and religion / Minja Blom -- Digital religion out of the book: the loss of the illusion of the 'original text' and of the notion of a 'religion of the book' / Claire Clivaz -- Awkward encounters: Orthodox Jewry and the internet / Yoel Cohen -- Exoteric Theravāda Buddhism in Burma/Myanmar / Niklas Foxeus -- An instance of secularization? The Finnish online discussion of the issue of same-sex marriages / Jenni Hokka -- Facebook as a monastic place? The new use of the internet by Catholic monks / Isabelle Jonveaux -- Studying religious music at the grassroots level? a look into the discourse practices of Christian metal bands online / Henna Jousmäki -- New religious movements and alternative religions in France: the use of digital media as a counter-strategy against social and legal exclusion / Christiane Königstedt -- On studying religion, the media and young people / Nina Maskulin -- Of watchdogs and safe havens: Control mechanisms and/in online sacred spaces / Alexander D. Ornella -- Sortes virtuales: a comparative approach to digital divination / Jørgen Podemann Sørensen -- Digital Hajj: The pilgrimage to Mecca in Muslim cyberspace and the issue of religious online authority / Dominik Schlosser -- Does the 'old' media's coverage of religion matter in times of 'digital religion'? / Teemu Taira -- The video Three Things About Islam: Islamophobia online or a religious dialogue? / Ruth Tsuria.