[CITATION][C] The 'third spaces' of digital religion

S Hoover, N Echchaibi - Finding Religion in the Media, 2012

[PDF][PDF] Media Theory and the “third spaces of digital religion”

S Hoover, N Echchaibi - The Center for …, 2014 - thirdspacesblog.wordpress.com
This essay assumes that what is needed in scholarship on digital religion is a re-centering of
the" object" of digital religious practice into and on its own emergent terms, and that scholars
and observers need to find new ways of thinking about and interpreting practice that
assumes this re-centering. Our reflections on this are rooted in our own explorations in a
research project focused on finding the ways and places that religion is represented, in
significant ways, in media cultures 2. While we intended to look across all media," new" and" …

Digital religion

C Helland - Handbook of religion and society, 2016 - Springer
Although it seems paradoxical, religion in all its forms and functions is transferring and
blending with the digital world. This new relationship is altering how we do religion and also
how religion impacts and influences the society and culture. Digital religion is an
intermingling of our modern mediated society with contemporary religious beliefs and
practices. Digital religion is not just about having “religion” on digital media, rather it is a
blending of all of the societal and cultural components we associate with religion with all of …