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La vida se hace historia
Punto de Encuentro (Signis ALC), volume 10, issue 131 (2020), pp. 3-30
Digital Media, Young Adults, and Religion: An International Perspective
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xi, 179 pp.
"Utilising results of an unprecedented global study, this volume explores the ways in which young adults in seven different countries engage with digital and social media in religiously significant ways. Presenting and analysing the findings of the international research project Young Adults and Rel
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Expressões de fé: A construção de sentido nos comentários de transmissões religiosas no Facebook
Vitória: Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Centro de Artes, Master Thesis (2020), 185 pp.
"Investiga os efeitos de sentido, como são construídos e que valores são colocados em circulação no espaço destinado aos comentários nas transmissões ao vivo das missas pelo Facebook. Busca entender como, ao longo da transmissão, acontecem as interações entre público, padre e plataforma
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There's an App for That: Headspace, Meditation, and the Shifting Religious Landscape of a Digital World
Bard College (2020), 50 pp.
"[This publication] is a senior project in Religious Studies that explores the conditions, both historical and clinical, which led to the popularity of the guided meditation app Headspace, and the cultural attitudes that surround mindfulness meditation in America." (Publisher description)
Narrativas digitais nas redes sociais: A construçao do imaginário religioso na visibilidade mediática
Sao Paulo: Pontificia Universidade Católica de Sao Paulo, Doctoral Thesis (2020), 226 pp.
"O escopo desta pesquisa abarcou algumas narrativas digitais do catolicismo no Facebook, buscando compreender a construção do imaginário da religião Católica na visibilidade mediática, a partir do contexto da pós-modernidade, pelos meios digitais. O corpus da pesquisa é composto por análise
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Menschliche Gesellschaft 4.0: (christliche) Beiträge zum digitalen Wandel
Freiburg: Herder (2020), 141 pp.
"Grundlage für die im Buch enthaltenen Aufsätze ist eine Fachtagung, die im Juli 2019 vom Caritasverband für die Diözese Osnabrück e. V. und dem Ludwig-Windhorst-Haus, der Katholischen Sozialen Akademie des Bistums Osnabrück, initiiert wurde. Dabei sollte das Zentrum der Tagung (und damit des
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"In March/April 2020 most churches around the world have been forced to close their doors due to the need for social distancing and local lock-downs in order to fight off the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The result was traditional churches had to make an unplanned and swift transition towards techn
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Las narrativas transmedia a la luz de la "historia de las historias"
Punto de Encuentro (Signis ALC), volume 10, issue 131 (2020), pp. 4-7
"Desde el comienzo de su pontificado, Francisco ha enfatizado que no hay futuro sin un enraizamiento en la historia vivida. En su mensaje para la Jornada Mundial de las Comunicaciones de este año, resalta aún más la importancia de la herencia de la memoria y la historia también en la comunicaci
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Digital Afterlife: Death Matters in a Digital Age
Boca Raton; London; New York: CRC Press (2020), xv, 213 pp.
"The book covers a variety of matters that have been neglected in other research texts, for example: the legal, ethical, and philosophical conundrums of Digital Afterlife; the ways digital media are currently being used to expand the possibilities of commemorating the dead and managing the grief of
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Online Temptations: COVID-19 and Religious Misinformation in the MENA Region
Social Media + Society, volume 6, issue 3 (2020), pp. 1-4
"Issues of verification in the age of mass media, and now social media, have been a long-discussed topic among Islamic media scholars. While Islam might be a common thread in COVID-19 religious misinformation, there is nothing inherently Islamic to the religious tinged elements of misinformation on
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Kirchliche Pannen und ungenutzte Potenziale: Grundlagen religiöser Kommunikation im digitalen Umfeld
Forum Weltkirche, issue 4 (2020), pp. 30-33
"Längst ist die Kirche auch in den sozialen Medien angekommen. Gleichzeitig reagieren viele Bistümer aber noch verhalten auf die digitale Glaubensverkündigung und Evangelisierung im Web. Dabei bergen die sozialen Medien das bislang wenig genutzte Potenzial zur Beziehungspflege, das oft verloren g
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Christliche Influencer: In der Aufmerksamkeitsspirale
Herder Korrespondenz, issue 4 (2020), pp. 38-40
"Christiche Akteure im Netz: Die einen bieten allerlei Lebensdienliches, die anderen punkten mit Provokationen. Die Kirchen sollten sich von diesem Medienphänomen nicht zu viel versprechen. Denn es steht für ein Christentum, das sich der digitalen Marktlogik unterwirft und nicht in der realen Welt
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Digital Hinduism
London; New York: Routledge (2020), 283 pp.
"Digital Religion does not simply refer to religion as it is carried out online, but more broadly studies how digital media interrelate with religious practice and belief. This collection explores Digital Hinduism and consequentially studies how Hinduism is expressed in the digital sphere and how Hi
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The big friendly counter-space? Interreligious encounter within social media
Religion, volume 50, issue 3 (2020), pp. 392-413
"Research on interreligious dialogue mostly focuses on face-to-face meetings, however, it also takes place in other contexts. Among them is the huge space of interactive media, where adherents of different religious traditions meet, e.g., in interreligious groups on Facebook, boards or commentary se
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Digital creatives and the rethinking of religious authority
London; New York: Routledge (2020), ix, 226 pp.
"The book Digital Creatives and the Rethinking of Religious Authority makes a valuable contribution to the study of how religious authority is evolving in the digital age. The author synthesizes previous research and introduces a new framework for categorizing types of religious authority in digital
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The Bible, Social Media, and Digital Culture
New York: Routledge (2020), 129 pp.
"This book [...] examines the shift from a propositional to a therapeutic approach to faith from a sociological standpoint. The book covers two research projects in particular: the Twitter Gospels and Online Moralistic Therapeutic Deism. It explores the data as it relates to Abby Day's concept of pe
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An Introduction to Religious Pluralism in Sri Lanka
Colombo: Internews (2019), 39 pp.
"While the first chapter looks at the existing constitutional and legal provisions for the exercise of freedom of religion and religious plurality, the other four chapters reflect upon some of the key sites of religious interface and syncretism that promote inter-religious understanding and pluralit
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Social Communication Needs for the Church in Myanmar: Towards an "Online Church"!
Manila: University of Santo Tomas, Master Thesis (2019), xiv, 152 pp.
"Radio Veritas Asia-Myanmar Service (RVA-MS) had been broadcasting socio-political and religious programming in Shortwave (SW) since November 11, 1978. However, on 30 June 2018, RVA stopped broadcasting in SW and migrated to the internet-based multiplatform broadcasting along with the use of Social
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Reading, feeling, believing: Online testimonies and the making of Evangelical emotion
Journal of Contemporary Religion, volume 34, issue 1 (2019), pp. 97-115
"A personal relationship with God is central to Evangelical belief. It unfolds as believers interpret internal sensations as coming from outside—from God. How does the formulaic design of testimonies present the audience with a personal relationship with God as a pursuit that is both feasible and
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