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Religion Online provides new insights about religiosity in a
contemporary context, offering a comprehensive look at the
intersection of digital media, faith communities, and practices of
all sorts. Recent research on Apple users, video games, virtual
worlds, artificial intelligence, digital music, and sports as
religion supports the idea that media and religion, once considered
separate entities, are in many cases the same thing. New media and
religious practice can no longer be detached; this two-volume set
discusses how religionists are embracing the Internet amidst
cultural shifts of secularization, autonomous religious worship,
millennials' affinity for new media, and the rise of fundamentalism
in the global south. While other works describe case studies, this
book explains how new media are interwoven into the very fabric of
religious belief, behavior, and community. Chapters break down the
past, present, and projected future of the use of digital media in
relation to faith traditions of many varieties, extending from
mainline Christianity to new religious movements. The book also
examines the impacts of digital media on beliefs and practices
around the world. In exploring these subjects, it calls on the
study of culture, namely anthropology, to conceptualize a
technological period as significant as the industrial revolution.
Shows how religion is as important as politics in contemporary
public affairs Breaks new ground on the subject of media and
religion (e.g., studying actual audiences, exploring cultural
religion outside denominations, and synthesizing communication and
sociology of religion) Features a variety of diverse voices from
different faiths to give readers a broad overview of ideas
Describes how young adults have a unique affinity for new media and
are more comfortable using them in religious worship than previous
generations
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