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This study explores the relationship between politics and religion, resistance and community, on social media through the case study of #EmptyThePews. #EmptyThePews was created in August 2017 after the events in Charlottesville, calling users who attend Trump-supporting churches to leave those churches as a form of protest. What starts out as a call of action,…
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This comparative study of 100 iTunes mobile applications featuring sacred texts from five major world religions emphasizes how such texts are represented when digitized. Specifically, this research investigates the technological affordances these apps offer, how these affordances are communicated to users, and the messages about religion these app designs communicate. This article thus portrays the…
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This article explores the relationship between communication technology and religion. While previous research has focused on how religious institutions and individuals use digital media, this article emphasizes the religious feelings digital media seem to invoke, with examples like the Jesus Phone or Kopimism. This is explained using theories from Religious Studies. Borrowing from Durkheim, digital…
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This unique volume draws together the work of experts from key disciplinary perspectives and is the go-to volume for students and scholars wanting to develop a deeper understanding of the subject area. Thoroughly updated throughout with new case studies and in-depth analysis of recent scholarship and developments, this new edition provides a comprehensive overview of…
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THE LARGE-SCALE campaigns orchestrated by Hindu supremacist groups against academics working on South Asia, and especially on Hinduism, are hard to ignore. As our roundtable contributions demonstrate, this is not a new phenomenon. The pervasive and ongoing attacks on academics build upon decades of organizing and mobilizing by Hindu far-right groups. The suppression of academic…
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IT NEVER occurred to me that I would see a bomb threat for an academic, virtual conference. Nor did I imagine having to sift through a pile of violent threats when I agreed to coordinate the media response for a conference on Hindu nationalism, “Dismantling Global Hindutva: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” (DGH), which took place online September…
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Dialogues on meaning, ethics, and spirituality “I grew up in a world where the deepest things shaping us were unspoken, and this galvanized me to seek to muster big enough questions and words for it all.” This is the motivation behind Krista Tippett’s award-winning radio show and podcast On Being which explores the religious, spiritual,…
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A database charting global Pentecostal faith Pentecostalism is the fastest-growing Christian movement in the world. The Atlas of Pentecostalism is an online, multimedia repository that charts the development and evolution of this rapidly expanding faith tradition. Origins: The Azusa Street Revival (1906-1909) Pentecostalism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that emphasizes a direct and personal…
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Research, poetry, and journalism on religion and current affairs On June 8 and June 9, 2019, the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting held its third annual “Beyond Religion” conference. Over 200 educators, policymakers, activists, and journalists assembled at the National Press Club in Washington, DC to discuss the latest ideas, projects, and developments in the…
