@article {460, title = {Communicating Hinduism in a Changing Media Context}, journal = {Religion Compass}, volume = {6}, year = {2012}, pages = {136{\textendash}151}, abstract = {New media forms have a range of implications for the way in which the Hindu community is conceived and Hinduism is practiced. Oral modes of communication continue to have a significant role in the communication of Hinduism, however, Hindus have also made effective, and often innovative, use of all media forms. The use of print made by Hindu reformers, such as Rammohun Roy, was an important feature in the conceptualization of Hinduism as a {\textquoteleft}world religion{\textquoteright}. Print technology also made possible the proliferation of visual images, which have now become incorporated into the devotional practices of many Hindus. Hindus have also developed unique genres in film and television, drawing on the rich narrative traditions of Hindu mythology. Hinduism can also be found in cyberspace. Online dar{\'s}an, online puj{\={a}} services and other uses of the Internet have enabled Hindus, both in India and in diaspora, to maintain a connection with gurus, sacred places and other aspects of tradition. These developments in communication technologies are important in understanding Hinduism today, and the way in which it has evolved in a global context.}, keywords = {Communication, Hindu, media}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1749-8171.2011.00333.x/abstract}, author = {Jacobs, Stephen} } @article {332, title = {Virtually Sacred: The Performance of Asynchronous Cyber-RItuals in Online Spaces}, journal = {Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication}, volume = {12}, year = {2007}, abstract = {This article explores how the design of sacred spaces and ritual performance are transformed in the move from offline to online contexts. A semiotic analysis of two websites{\textemdash}a Christian Virtual Church and a Hindu Virtual Temple{\textemdash}suggests the potential for demarcating distinct online sacred spaces, in a Durkheimian sense, in which devotees can engage in ritual activity. The article focuses on the performance of cyberpuja in the Virtual Temple and the posting of prayers in the Virtual Church. Interviews with the Web designers and an analysis of the sites suggest that the virtual is primarily conceived in terms of a simulation of the "real." Consequently these sites are envisaged in terms of conventional notions of sacred space and ritual performance, rather than as something radically new.}, keywords = {cyberspace, Performance, Ritual, Sacred}, url = {http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol12/issue3/jacobs.html}, author = {Jacobs, S} } @article {1224, title = {Authority in the Virtual Sangat : Sikhism, Ritual and Identity in the Twenty-First Century}, journal = {Online {\textendash} Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet}, volume = {02.1}, year = {2006}, chapter = {24}, abstract = {In her paper Authority in the Virtual Sangat. Sikhism, Ritual and Identity in the Twenty-First Century, Doris Jakobsh analyses the change of authority based on her research on Sikhs on the Internet. She stresses the Web as a {\textquoteleft}third place{\textquoteright} of communication among the Sikhs as well as the phenomenon of new authorities online. However, this does not imply the replacement of the traditional seats of authority, the Akal Takht, SGPC, or gurdwara managements, but one can recognize a significant shift away from these traditional sites of authority toward the {\textquoteleft}new authorities{\textquoteright}, the intermediaries of cyberspace. Her analysis shows that this aspect of the Sikh experience brings with it the most profound challenges and, most importantly, a need to bridge the post-modern individual, i.e. {\textquoteleft}Sikh tradition{\textquoteright} intertwined and legitimated by the metanarrative, and the proliferation of new authorities who have become intermediaries of Sikhism online by virtue of their expertise within the digital domain.}, keywords = {Akal Takht, Authority, Digital Religion, identity, online communication, Ritual, Sangat, Sikhism, Sociology of religion, third place}, url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/ojs/index.php/religions/article/view/374}, author = {Jakobsh, Doris R} } @article {2824, title = {Feminizing the Khalsa}, journal = {Sikh Formations}, year = {2015}, abstract = {The {\textquoteleft}marked body{\textquoteright} of the Sikh male has long been the normative means for understanding Sikhism at large. The highly visible Khalsa Sikh male, complete with external signifiers known as the 5Ks, and the accompanying turban, tend to characterize the Sikh community at large, both in the Indian homeland as well as within Sikh diasporic contexts. This paper examines processes of negotiation of Sikh female identity, in essence the religious particularization of Sikh women that is taking place through varied means on the WWW. The far-reaching effects of instant, {\textquoteleft}authoritative{\textquoteright} transmission of information, whether through interpretations of historical and/or sacred texts, access to personal narratives on a global/local scale, as well as the construction of identity through online images will be examined.}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17448727.2015.1023106}, author = {Jakobsh, Doris R.} } @inbook {400, title = {Why Bill was killed. Understanding social interaction in virtual worlds{\textquoteright}}, booktitle = {Interactions in Virtual Worlds. Proceedings of the fifteenth Tewnte Workshop on language technology}, year = {1999}, publisher = {Tewnte University}, organization = {Tewnte University}, address = {Enschede}, abstract = {This paper deals with how we should approach the sociology of virtual worlds on the Internet. I argue for the importance of establishing an inside view based on direct experiences of the phenomenon, to avoid the risks of drawing erroneous conclusions about virtual worlds based on the physical world, and not realizing that virtual worlds are full of real people engaged in real interaction. I present an incident from a world based on the Palace technology to examplify the following points: The social interaction is fundamentally different from interaction in the physical world. The interaction is real. The social structures are hierarchical. People are not anonymous.}, url = {http://www8.informatik.umu.se/~mjson/files/bill.pdf}, author = {Jakobsson, M.} } @article {81, title = {Searching for salvation: An analysis of U.S. religious searching on the World Wide Web}, journal = {Religion}, volume = {40}, year = {2010}, month = {2010}, pages = {39-52}, abstract = {The goals of this research were to answer three questions. How predominant is religious searching online? How do people interact withWeb search engines when searching for religious information? How effective are these interactions in locating relevant information? Specifically, referring to a US demographic, we analyzed five data sets from Web search engine, collected between 1997 and 2005, of over a million queries each in order to investigate religious searching on the Web. Results point to four key findings. First, there is no evidence of a decrease in religious Web-searching behaviors. Religious interest is a persistent topic of Web searching. Second, those seeking religious information on the Web are becoming slightly more interactive in their searching. Third, there is no evidence for a move away from mainstream religions toward non-mainstream religions since the majority of the search terms are associated with established religions. Fourth, our work does not support the hypothesis that traditional religious affiliation is associated with lower adoption of or sophistication with technology. These factors point to the Web as a potentially usefully communication medium for a variety of religious organizations.}, keywords = {online religions, religious related searching, religious searching, web religious searching}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL\&_udi=B6WWN-4X66CC1-1\&_user=10\&_coverDate=01\%2F31\%2F2010\&_rdoc=1\&_fmt=high\&_orig=search\&_sort=d\&_docanchor=\&view=c\&_searchStrId=1395882929\&_rerunOrigin=google\&_acct=C000050221\&_version=1\&_urlVersion=0\&_us}, author = {Bernard Jansen and Andrea Tapia and Amanda Spink} } @article {149, title = {Rituals and Pixels. Experiments in Online Church}, journal = {Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet}, year = {2008}, abstract = {Simon Jenkins, the founder of the famous {\textquotedblleft}Church of Fools{\textquotedblright}, writes about his experiences of turning Christian rituals into virtual reality. In his article {\textquotedblleft}Rituals and Pixels. Experiments in Online Church{\textquotedblright} he describes from an emic perspective the beginnings and the formation of the {\textquotedblright}Church of Fools{\textquotedblright} as an experiment of a 3D-Faith-Environment, its development and his latest project, {\textquotedblleft}St Pixels".}, keywords = {Reality, Ritual, Virtual}, url = {http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/volltextserver/volltexte/2008/8291/pdf/jenkins.pdf}, author = {Jenkins, Simone} } @article {2939, title = {Erving Goffman: A major theorist of power?}, journal = {Journal of Power}, year = {2008}, abstract = {This article argues that Erving Goffman{\textquoteright}s interactional sociology offers many useful insights into what power is and how it actually works, and that in addition to his other reputations we ought to think of Goffman as a significant theorist of power. A critical Goffmanian approach potentially allows us to comprehend the normal, diffuse ubiquity of power while according full recognition to the practices of individuals, whether self-conscious or habitual, rule-observant or improvisational. How Goffman{\textquoteright}s understanding of power may help us to understand the contemporary realities of the early twenty-first century is also discussed.}, doi = {doi:10.1080/17540290802227577}, url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17540290802227577}, author = {Jenkins, R} } @book {2938, title = {Convergence culture: Where old and new media collide}, year = {2006}, publisher = {New York University Press}, organization = {New York University Press}, address = {New York}, abstract = {Convergence Culture maps a new territory: where old and new media intersect, where grassroots and corporate media collide, where the power of the media producer and the power of the consumer interact in unpredictable ways. Henry Jenkins, one of America{\textquoteright}s most respected media analysts, delves beneath the new media hype to uncover the important cultural transformations that are taking place as media converge. He takes us into the secret world of Survivor Spoilers, where avid internet users pool their knowledge to unearth the show{\textquoteright}s secrets before they are revealed on the air. He introduces us to young Harry Potter fans who are writing their own Hogwarts tales while executives at Warner Brothers struggle for control of their franchise. He shows us how The Matrix has pushed transmedia storytelling to new levels, creating a fictional world where consumers track down bits of the story across multiple media channels.Jenkins argues that struggles over convergence will redefine the face of American popular culture. Industry leaders see opportunities to direct content across many channels to increase revenue and broaden markets. At the same time, consumers envision a liberated public sphere, free of network controls, in a decentralized media environment. Sometimes corporate and grassroots efforts reinforce each other, creating closer, more rewarding relations between media producers and consumers. Sometimes these two forces are at war. Jenkins provides a riveting introduction to the world where every story gets told and every brand gets sold across multiple media platforms. He explains the cultural shift that is occurring as consumers fight for control across disparate channels, changing the way we do business, elect our leaders, and educate our children.}, url = {https://nyupress.org/9780814742952/convergence-culture/}, author = {Jenkins, H} } @article {60, title = {My iPod, My iCon: How and Why Do Images Become Icons?}, journal = {Critical Studies in Media Communication}, volume = {25}, year = {2008}, month = {December 2008}, pages = {466-489}, abstract = {This paper engages the cultic following of Apple computer through an examination of their brand image, here represented by the famous iPod silhouette commercials. I argue that Apple employs the techniques of the Orthodox icon, constructing a mode of seeing known as symbolical realism. This mode cues the reader to see with their divine eye, recognizing neither a realistic portrayal of an actual event nor a symbolic representation. Instead, the viewer sees the advertisements as a hypostasis of the immersion in music. This mode of seeing deflects attention from Apple{\textquoteright}s ideological gain and invites viewer participation in a cult celebrating the immersive experience. In short, the ads construct a visual enthymeme whose missing element is the user. By participating in the ritual of seeing through symbolic realism and thereby completing the enthymeme, the iPod is transformed into my iCon, bestowing the commodity, and by extension the corporation, with cult value.}, keywords = {Cult Value, Icons, Ipod, Symbolic Realism, Visual Rhetoric}, url = {http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a904854783~db=all~jumptype=rss}, author = {Eric Jenkins} } @article {2940, title = {Religious authority and autonomy intertwined: The case of converts to Islam in Denmark}, journal = {The Muslim World}, year = {2006}, url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1478-1913.2006.00151.x}, author = {Jensen, T. G.} } @inbook {829, title = {Ethical Issues in the Study of Religion and New Media}, booktitle = {Digital Religion: Understanding Religious Practice in New Media Worlds}, year = {2012}, pages = {238-250}, publisher = {Routledge}, organization = {Routledge}, chapter = {ical Issues in the Study of Religion and New Media}, address = {London}, keywords = {ethics, Internet Studies}, url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=KtEXQLTF2iYC\&pg=PA250\&lpg=PA250\&dq=Digital+Religion+Ethics++Mark+Johns\&source=bl\&ots=Bo3bWHZBZH\&sig=4-VywE82Pr8PSyvyAXxMu4XZxN0\&hl=en\&sa=X\&ei=kI4EUcWhJJTOyAG644CoBg\&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAQ}, author = {Mark Johns} } @unpublished {609, title = {Waving a "Hi": Religion Among Facebook Users}, year = {2008}, publisher = {Association of Internet Researchers 9.0}, address = {Copenhagen}, keywords = {Facebook, religion, social media, user}, author = {Johns, M.D.} } @book {463, title = {Doing Internet Research: Critical Issues and Methods for Examining the Net }, year = {1999}, publisher = {Sage Publishing}, organization = {Sage Publishing}, address = {London }, abstract = {The Internet is a medium with great consequences for social and economic life. This book is written to help people discern in what ways it has commanded the public imagination, and the methodological issues that arise when one tries to study and understand the social processes occurring within it. The contributors offer original responses in the search for, and critique of, methods with which to study the Internet and the social, political, economic, artistic, and communicative phenomena occurring within and around it.}, url = {http://books.google.com/books?id=15SksRiDf04C\&printsec=frontcover$\#$v=onepage\&q\&f=false}, author = {Steve Jones} } @book {2944, title = {The church is flat: The relational ecclesiology of the emerging church movement}, year = {2011}, publisher = {The JoPa Group}, organization = {The JoPa Group}, address = {Edina, MN}, abstract = {The Church Is Flat is the first significant, researched study into the ecclesiology of the emerging church movement. Research into eight congregations is put into conversation with the theology of J{\"u}rgen Moltmann, concluding with pragmatic proposals for the the practice of a truly relational ecclesiology. Tony Jones visited eight emerging church congregations (Cedar Ridge Community Church, Pathways Church, Vintage Faith Church, Journey Church, Solomon{\textquoteright}s Porch, House of Mercy, Church of the Apostles, and Jacob{\textquoteright}s Well), facilitating interviews, focus groups, and surveys. After interpreting the data, Jones pulls out the most significant practices of these congregations and judges them relative to the relational ecclesiology of J{\"u}rgen Moltmann. Finally, Jones proposes a way forward for the emerging church movement, and the Protestant church writ large. }, url = {https://www.amazon.com/Church-Flat-Relational-Ecclesiology-Emerging-ebook/dp/B005GLJ7GG}, author = {Jones, T} } @book {2943, title = {A better atonement: Beyond the depraved doctrine of original sin}, year = {2012}, publisher = {The JoPa Group }, organization = {The JoPa Group }, address = {Edina, MN}, abstract = {In A Better Atonement, theologian Tony Jones debunks the traditional doctrine of Original Sin and shows how that doctrine has polluted our view of the atonement. In an intriguing interlude, Jones distances himself from other progressive theologians and biblical scholars by strongly defending the historical crucifixion and physical resurrection of Jesus. Jones then summarizes various understandings of the atonement, from the ancient church to today, ultimately proposing a view that both takes into account a realistic view of sin and maintains an robust belief in the Trinity.}, url = {https://www.amazon.com/Better-Atonement-Depraved-Doctrine-Original-ebook/dp/B007MD0AK8}, author = {Jones, T} } @mastersthesis {71, title = {Pixelated Stained Glass: A Fantasy Theme Analysis of Online and Face-to-Face Christian Community}, volume = {MA}, year = {2007}, month = {July 2007}, school = {Ball State University}, address = {Muncie, Indiana}, abstract = {This thesis investigates how two Christian communities {\textendash} differentiated primarily by their medium of communication {\textendash} characterize and cast Christian community. The method of fantasy theme analysis was used to explore this thesis{\textquoteright}s central research question; namely, are content differences present in the ways in which face-to-face and digital communication systems characterize and cast the Christian sense of community? After an analysis of St. Pixels Church of the Internet (digital communication) and St. Luke{\textquoteright}s United Methodist Church (face-to-face communication) it was found that the online community demonstrated a rhetorical vision of koinonia, while the face-to-face community demonstrated a rhetorical vision of ekklesia.}, url = {http://jwchesebro.iweb.bsu.edu/digitalstorytelling/Theses/Jones_Elizabeth_Complete_Thesis_March_2007.pdf}, author = {Elizabeth B. Jones} } @book {2942, title = {The new Christians: Dispatches from the emergent frontier}, year = {2008}, publisher = {Jossey-Bass}, organization = {Jossey-Bass}, address = {Thousand Oaks, CA}, abstract = {Following on the questions raised by Brian McLaren in A New Kind of Christian, Tony Jones has written an engaging exploration of what this new kind of Christianity looks like. Writing "dispatches" about the thinking and practices of adventurous Emergent Christians across the country, he offers an in-depth view of this new "third way" of faith-its origins, its theology, and its views of truth, scripture and interpretation, and the Emergent movement{\textquoteright}s hopeful and life-giving sense of community. With the depth of theological expertise and broad perspective he has gained as a pastor, writer, and leader of the movement, Jones initiates readers into the Emergent conversation and offers a new way forward for Christians in a post-Christian world. With journalistic narrative as well as authoritative reflection, he draws upon on-site research to provide fascinating examples and firsthand stories of who is doing what, where, and why it matters.}, url = {https://www.wiley.com/en-us/The+New+Christians\%3A+Dispatches+from+the+Emergent+Frontier-p-9780470455395}, author = {Jones, T} } @book {2941, title = {Postmodern youth ministry}, year = {2001}, publisher = {Zondervan}, organization = {Zondervan}, address = {Grand Rapids}, abstract = {The rules have changed. Everything you believe is suspect. The world is up for grabs. Welcome to the emerging postmodern culture. A "free zone" of rapid change that places high value on community, authenticity, and even God--but has little interest in modern, Western-tinged Christianity. Postmodern Youth Ministry addresses these enormous philosophical shifts and shows how they{\textquoteright}re affecting teenagers. }, url = {https://www.zondervan.com/9780310238171/postmodern-youth-ministry/}, author = {Jones, T} } @article {500, title = {Une retraite de Car{\^e}me sur Internet}, journal = {Archives de Sciences Sociales des Religions}, volume = {139}, year = {2007}, month = {09/2007}, pages = {19}, chapter = {157}, isbn = {978-2-7132-2144-6}, url = {http://assr.revues.org/9533}, author = {Jonveaux, isabelle} } @article {2821, title = {Internet in the Monastery}, journal = {Online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet}, year = {2019}, abstract = {Monasticism is characterized by community life in a specific place (stabilitas loci), but also by local and translocal networks that correspond to different functions of the monastery (religious, cultural, commercial, etc.). Although Max Weber describes monasteries as out-of-the-world institutions, most monastic communities (at least male ones) have Internet access and an online presence now. The use of digital media in monastic life raises a number of questions: What impact does it have on the community life of monks and nuns? Can it jeopardize the quality of community life? Regarding the external communication of the monastery, does its online presence allow the monks to extend the community beyond the cloister? This paper analyzes the role played by digital media in monastic life on the individual and community levels, and on the monastery{\textquoteright}s outside communication with various audiences. }, doi = {https://doi.org/10.17885/heiup.rel.2019.0.23948}, url = {https://heiup.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/index.php/religions/article/view/23948}, author = {Jonveaux, isabelle} } @article {2656, title = {Le je{\^u}ne d{\textquoteright}Internet. R{\'e}duction et abstinence des m{\'e}dias num{\'e}riques au service de l{\textquoteright}exp{\'e}rience spirituelle / Internet fast. Reduction and abstinence from digital media and spiritual experience}, journal = {RESET - Revue en Sciences Sociales sur Internet}, volume = {9}, year = {2020}, abstract = {The use of digital media for the religious practice is no longer the exception, but seems to have become a common practice. Parallel to this, we observe more and more forms of total or partial renouncement of use of the Internet during a particular period of reintensification of the religious or spiritual life. Taking the examples of asceticism of religious virtuosi with Catholic monks and nuns, Christian Lent and fasting and hiking weeks that are part of a holistic spirituality approach, this article shows with the help of empiric data how actors consciously reduce their use of the Internet for religious purposes. Some even speak of an Internet fast which would be an indispensable counterpart to the food fast. However, in many cases, disconnection appears to be more difficult than food fasting and is then seen as a new type of virtuosity. Re-examining the classical categories of the sociology of religions that are fasting and asceticism, this article shows how they are redefined today with new objects of application. For the institutional Church, it is also an opportunity to restore plausibility to practices - especially the Lenten fast - which had gradually fallen into disuse.}, keywords = {abstinence, fast, internet, religious practice}, url = {https://journals.openedition.org/reset/2357}, author = {Isabelle Jonveaux} } @article {1545, title = {Gott online - M{\"o}nche und Gl{\"a}ubige im Internet}, journal = {Handbuch der Religionen}, volume = {39}, year = {2014}, chapter = {14.5.3}, url = {https://www.academia.edu/7061174/Gott_online_-_Monche_und_Glaubige_im_Internet_in_Michael_Klocker_Udo_Tworuschka_Hrsg._Handbuch_der_Religionen_39_2014}, author = {Jonveaux, isabelle} } @inbook {1543, title = {Facebook as a monastic place? The new use of internet by Catholic monks}, booktitle = {Digital Religion}, number = {25}, edition = {2013}, abstract = {Although Catholic monasteries are theoretically out of the world, monks and nuns more and more use the internet, both for religious and non-religious reasons. While society at large often takes it for granted that monks are out of modernity, monastic communities have been adopted this media from relatively early on, and we cannot say that they have come late to its use. The internet can offer monasteries a lot of advantages because it allows monks to be in the world without going out of the cloister. Nevertheless, the introduction of this new media in monasteries also raises a lot of questions about the potential contradictions it poses with other aspects of monastic life. The paper does not deal with online religious practices, but seeks to research the use of the medium by monks and nuns even in their daily lives, and attempts especially to investigate the potential changes it brings to monastic life. }, url = {https://ojs.abo.fi/index.php/scripta/article/view/334/287}, author = {Jonveaux, isabelle} } @article {539, title = {L{\textquoteright}autre Internet : les moines et le web}, journal = {Terrain et Travaux}, volume = {15}, year = {2009}, pages = {21}, chapter = {29}, issn = {1627-9506}, url = {http://www.cairn.info/resume.php?ID_ARTICLE=TT_015_0029}, author = {Jonveaux, isabelle} } @article {1507, title = {When Church and Cinema Combine: Blurring Boundaries through Media-Savvy Evangelicalism }, journal = {Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture}, volume = {3}, year = {2014}, chapter = {84}, abstract = {The use of social media presents new religious groups with opportunities to assert themselves in contrast to established religious institutions. Intersections of church and cinema form a central part of this phenomenon. On one hand, many churches embrace digital media, from Hollywood clips in sermons to sermons delivered entirely via video feed. Similarly and overlapping with this use of media, churches in cinemas have emerged around the world as a new form of Sunday morning worship. This paper investigates intersections of church and cinema through case studies of two representative congregations. CityChurch, in W{\"u}rzburg, Germany, is a free evangelical faith community that meets in a downtown Cineplex for Sunday worship. LCBC (Lives Changed by Christ) is one of the largest mult-sited megachurches on the American East Coast. While LCBC{\textquoteright}s main campus offers live preaching, sermons are digitally streamed to the rest. Both CityChurch and LCBC exemplify growing numbers of faith communities that rely on popular musical and social media to 1) redefine local and global religious relationships and 2) claim identity as both culturally alternative and spiritually authentic. By engaging with international flows of worship music, films, and viral internet sensations, new media-centered faith communities like CityChurch and LCBC reconfigure established sacred soundscapes. CityChurch{\textquoteright}s use of music and media strategically differentiates the congregation from neighboring traditional forms of German Christianity while strengthening connections to the imagined global evangelical community. LCBC creates what cultural geographer Justin Wilford dubs a {\textquotedblleft}postsuburban sacrality{\textquotedblright} that carves out meaning from the banality of strip-mall-stubbed suburban existence. Analyzing the dynamics of music and media in these new worship spaces assumes growing importance as transnational music and media choices play an increasingly a central role in locally differentiating emergent worship communities from historically hegemonic religious neighbors. }, keywords = {Church, Cinema, Cineplex, CityChurch, Evangelicalism, Germany, Media-Savvy}, url = {http://jrmdc.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Justice.pdf}, author = {D Justice} }