Sam Han, Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir

Digital Culture and Religion in Asia

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book critically analyses the connections between religion and digital media in a range of East Asian countries. It discusses both how religious organisations make use of new technologies, and also explores how new technologies are reshaping religion in novel and interesting ways.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 138
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780415521857
• ISBN-10: 0415521858
• Artikelnr.: 40541018

Autorenporträt

Sam Han is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore and Adjunct Research Fellow at the Hawke Research Institute of the University of South Australia. Kamaludeen Mohamed Nasir is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Understanding Digital Culture and Religion in/of Asia 1.
Digital Christianity in Korea: Practical Affects and Additive Religion 2.
Religion as moral infrastructure: The practice of neo-Shintoism in Japan 3.
Religion as propaganda: The Falun Gong's Info-War 4. New Media Islam in
Southeast Asia 5. Hyper-Real Religions in Asia: Beyond popular culture and
popular religion 6. Religion for Millennials: The Prospect of Religious
Life and Identity in the New Asian Century 7. In lieu of a conclusion