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This forum explores themes emerging from the “Digital Technology and Online Spiritual Communities” workshop hosted by the SSRC in November 2024. The aim of this workshop—chaired by myself and Nabil Echchaibi of the University of Colorado Boulder —was to bring together leading scholars in Digital Religion Studies who are interested in the increasing reliance of…
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Religion has the power to shape our understanding of gender and sexuality through various forms of practice, discourse, authority, and regulation. As religion is increasingly experienced through digital media, we can postulate on how the use of digital media might impact religious conceptions of gender and sexuality. This research offers a first step in that…
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This study explores how Israeli Jewish rabbis negotiate their authority through the practice of online Responsa, a Jewish tradition of rabbinical questions and answers (Q&A). A total of n = 567 Q&A were collected from five different rabbis answering on Kipa.co.il. By analyzing questions asked by anonymous users and answered by specific rabbis, this research shows how…
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This article examines the motivation behind bounded groups’ creation of digital enclaves online. Through in-depth interviews with 19 webmasters and staff of selected Israeli Orthodox websites three critical areas of negotiation are explored: (1) social control; (2) sources of authority; and (3) community boundaries. Examining these tensions illuminates a detailed process of self-evaluation which leads…
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As AI becomes more commonplace, it is imperative to investigate the ways in which this technology represents various socio-political concepts and identities, such as religion. To do so, we present several conversations with various AI tools on three religious traditions: Judaism, Islam, and Christianity. From our analysis of these conversations, we noted three important elements:…
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“Examines the web of tensions found in online Jewish spaces, including websites, forums, and social media debates, and explores how Orthodox Jewish women negotiate gender and sexual norms by both pushing the boundaries of accepted norms and enforcing traditional behaviors” ; “In Keeping Women in Their Digital Place, Ruth Tsuria explores how Orthodox Jewish communities…
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“Daily life is connected life, its rhythms driven by endless email pings and responses, the chimes and beeps of continually arriving text messages, tweets and retweets, Facebook updates, pictures and videos to post and discuss. Our perpetual connectedness gives us endless opportunities to be part of the give-and-take of networking. Some worry that this new…
